Changing Land Use in Recent Decades and Its Impact on Plant Cover in Agricultural and Forest Landscapes in Poland

Bomanowska, Anna; Kiedrzyński, Marcin

doi:10.2478/v10107-009-0014-1

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“…The 1818 forest survey provides evidence of this. Not only was the German system pre-eminent in Hungary, but it also dominated forest management throughout Europe [5,43]. The German forestry school promoted production-based, single focus forestry as opposed to the multifunctional usage that characterized the preceding period [4,44].…”

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“…Socio-economic changes are the main drivers of secondary woodland development on former arable fields and pastures [4,5]. As an increasing proportion of contemporary forests is secondary in origin, their structure and composition are largely determined by past human influences, the recognition of which requires historical study of these forests [6].…”

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“…A reduction in grazing intensity is one of the most significant changes in land use during the last 200 years [13][14][15]. Following World War II, abandonment of silvopastoral systems has accelerated throughout Europe [5,16]. In Central and Eastern Europe, a second stage of abandonment was generated by post-socialist processes [11,17].…”

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The history and natural regeneration of a secondary oak-beech woodland on a former wood-pasture in Hungary

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Characteristic features of European woodland include both a reduction in natural forest areas and an increase in former agricultural areas occupied by secondary woodland. The management of these areas is challenging in terms of nature conservation, agricultural and forestry management and policy. The aim of our study was to reconstruct the history and to document the current tree stand structure for a secondary oak-beech woodland in Hungary. Towards the end of the 1800s, this area which was once almost completely occupied by a continuous forest, had been transformed into a wood-pasture. As a result of its gradual abandonment, the closed forest stand of the pasture increased from 10 to 52% between 1963 and 2005. The most characteristic feature of this woodland is the abundance of large trees. Globally, the number of large and ancient trees is rapidly diminishing. Therefore preserving and maintaining such areas, where large trees could live, is an essential management task.

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“…Over recent decades, environmental changes have been observed in the agricultural landscape of Poland. After the accession of Poland to the European Union in 2004, some areas were eliminated from agricultural use, triggering secondary succession which led to the decline of patches of semi-natural meadow, moor and marshy communities (Bomanowska and Kiedrzyn´ski 2011). In the case of the absence of colony-site disturbances, colonies may grow until they reach the carrying capacity of the environment (Kushlan et al 2005), so the number of nests/pairs of breeding birds could reach a maximum number of individuals which are able to forage in a specific area.…”

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Determinants of the re‐occupation and size of Grey HeronArdea cinereabreeding colonies in northern Poland

Manikowska-Ślepowrońska

Lazarus

Żółkoś

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Ecological Research

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Birds select habitats on the basis of structural characteristics, food and nest-site availability or other features that affect survival and reproduction. This study investigates factors influencing colony re-occupation, the number of nests in 2013 and changes in the numbers of nest between 2004 and 2013 in re-occupied colonies of Grey Herons Ardea cinerea in northern Poland. The effects of following features around every colony were analysed: area of hydrographic and habitat features, habitat patchiness and microscale features. Among 28 colonies occupied in 2004, 43 % were re-occupied in 2013. Logistic regression models revealed that models with greater area of the sea coastline zone and lower area of the water body shoreline zone and also small number of pastures determined the best colony reoccupation. Only models with an area of water bodies and a number of pastures were significant, suggesting the important influence of other non-habitat factors on colony re-occupation. Ordinary least square (OLS) regression analysis revealed that in re-occupied colonies the number of nests in 2013 was higher in heronries with greater area of sea coastline zone, smaller number of forest patches and shorter distance to the nearest road. OLS regression analysis revealed that the number of nests increased between 2004 and 2013 in the colonies with greater areas covered by forests, greater number of water bodies, shorter distance to the rivers and longer distance to the sea. Our study revealed the importance of wetland habitat features to colony re-occupation, its size and changes in size.

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“…The increased cover of herbaceous non-woodland species could have hampered the development of young fir individuals. Bomanowska and Kiedrzyński [2] in their review work emphasize that the directions and range of dynamic changes in plant cover including forests are similar across the country and regeneration mainly occurs in protected forest areas where use is limited or has completely ceased. We believe that the cessation of all forest management treatments not only within the study plot but in neighbourhood might give the opportunity to study direction and rate of regeneration of forest community.…”

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The Changes in Managed Fir Forest in Beskid MTS Due to Forest Management After 11 Years

Chmura¹,

Salachna²,

Bochenek³

2013

Inż. Ekolog.

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Abstract.The new phytosociological studies on permanent study plot (40 m x 40 m) divided into 16 subplots in managed forest were conducted in upper part of basin of Bystrzanka (Beskid Niski Mts, SE Poland). The aim of the research was to determine the direction of changes in the community Rubus hirtus-Abies alba community in the vicinity of forest where forest management treatments are applied.. It was recorded that total number of species increased from 52 in 2000 to 80 in 2011. The DCA showed significant changes in species composition and cover of species. Among others, the increase of forest edge species (epilobisation) and ruderal species (therophytization) and first of all the increase of meadow was observed. The structure of the community also changed; the mean cover of shrub species decreased.

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Changing Land Use in Recent Decades and Its Impact on Plant Cover in Agricultural and Forest Landscapes in Poland

Cited by 8 publications

References 36 publications

The history and natural regeneration of a secondary oak-beech woodland on a former wood-pasture in Hungary

The history and natural regeneration of a secondary oak-beech woodland on a former wood-pasture in Hungary

Determinants of the re‐occupation and size of Grey HeronArdea cinereabreeding colonies in northern Poland

The Changes in Managed Fir Forest in Beskid MTS Due to Forest Management After 11 Years

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