Recent Landform Evolution in Slovakia

Stankoviansky, Miloš; Barka, Ivan; Bella, Pavel; Boltižiar, Martin; Grešková, Anna; Hók, Jozef; Ištok, Pavol; Lehotský, Milan; Michalková, Monika Šulc; Minár, Jozef; Ondrášik, Martin; Ondrášik, Rudolf; Pecho, Jozef; Pišút, Peter; Trizna, Milan; Urbánek, Ján

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“…Unfortunately, the narrow strip between the rocky cliff and the river now receives a growing number of visitors who walk through a paved path leading to restaurants, a hotel, a memorial monument, and a small harbour. Moreover, forecasts of climate change in lowland Slovakia include an increase of extreme events, including heat spells and floods (Stankoviansky et al ., ). This refuge for rare species is a serendipitous, but fragile, combination of geography and human history.…”

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Once a land of big wild rivers: specialism is context-dependent for riparian snails (Pulmonata: Valloniidae) in central Europe

Altaba

2015

Biol J Linn Soc Lond

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Specialist species may be perceived as such because of their narrow ecological requirements, but this may be context‐dependent. The genus Vallonia (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Valloniidae) includes widespread generalist species and also two specialists endemic to Central Europe: Vallonia suevica, restricted to warm, wet meadows and riverbanks subject to seasonal flooding; and Vallonia declivis, living only in wet to humid meadows, riverbanks, and reedbeds. Both have experienced dramatic declines; as is the case with many land snails, their global conservation status has been underestimated: these species are Critically Endangered. Other congenerics are probably dispersed by birds. In contrast, the distributions of these meadow specialists appear to be the outcome of their strictly riparian habitat coupled with dispersal by fish. Thus, they have tracked drainage changes through the Pleistocene from their origin in the floodplain uplands of the Danube biodiversity hotspot in the Pliocene. Natural dispersal mechanisms have been disrupted, and riparian and river ecosystems have been destroyed throughout Europe. This has led big‐river specialist molluscs and their associated fishes to the brink of extinction. The notion of specialism thus depends on the ecological context; it is useful to stress their non‐invasive character, current restriction to scarce habitats, and evolution under quite different conditions. © 2015 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015, ●●, ●●–●●.

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Once a land of big wild rivers: specialism is context-dependent for riparian snails (Pulmonata: Valloniidae) in central Europe

Altaba

2015

Biol J Linn Soc Lond

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“…has no extensive impact on material composition as compared to the Dražovce area but specific development of multiple river terraces materials was detected. At this locality, the development with different intensity of subsidence and certain lateral migration of rivers was observed (channel networks) (Stankoviansky et al, 2012;Šujan and Rybár, 2014). Due to this reason, the Vráble locality underlines erosion-accumulation formations (river/fluvial sediments) with typical development such as multiple river terraces (Harčár et al, 1988;Šujan and Rybár, 2014).…”

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“…multiple river terraces, alluvial cone coming from the Tribeč Mts. (Stankoviansky et al, 2012). Geomorphological design has been recently developed because of extensive anthropogenic performance mainly associated with agricultural "vineyard" activity.…”

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Assessment of Soil Physical Characteristics of Luvisols Under Monoculture of Vines

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Kolenčík

2016

Acta Horticulturae Et Regiotecturae

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The physical properties of Luvisols under vineyards of the Nitra wine-growing area (Slovakia) were evaluated in the paper. Soil samples were taken from two selected localities (Nitra - Dražovce, Vráble). The obtained results showed that in the soil profile of Dražovce, the average contents of non-capillary pores, capillary pores and semi-capillary pores to the total porosity were equal to 26.1, 64.4 and 9.4%, respectively, and in the soil profile of Vráble - 22.3, 75.6 and 2.1%, respectively. In the Dražovce locality, the average content of aggregate stability index (Sw) decreased in the following order: abandoned vineyard > grassy strip between the vineyard rows > intensively cultivated rows of vineyard. In contrast, in the Vráble locality, higher average contents of Sw were determined in intensively cultivated rows of vineyard in comparison to grassy strip between the vineyard rows. The lowest average value of vulnerability coefficient (Kv) was observed in abandoned vineyard (Dražovce locality) and in both localities in grassy strip between the vineyard rows. Intensive cultivation of the vineyard rows resulted in higher vulnerability of soil structure. The values of maximum capillary capacity were almost the same in both soil profiles of Luvisols. A higher content of soil moisture was observed in the soil profile in the Vráble locality (33.6±2.50) in comparison to the Dražovce locality (30.6±5.44). Higher content of storage moisture was determined in the Vráble locality (2,684 l m-2) in comparison to the Dražovce locality (2,450 l m-2).

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Unique Glacial Landscape on the Roof of the Carpathians—Tatras Mts.

Boltižiar

2022

World Geomorphological Landscapes

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Recent Landform Evolution in Slovakia

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Once a land of big wild rivers: specialism is context-dependent for riparian snails (Pulmonata: Valloniidae) in central Europe

Once a land of big wild rivers: specialism is context-dependent for riparian snails (Pulmonata: Valloniidae) in central Europe

Assessment of Soil Physical Characteristics of Luvisols Under Monoculture of Vines

Unique Glacial Landscape on the Roof of the Carpathians—Tatras Mts.

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