Trends and events through seven centuries: the history of a wetland landscape in the Czech Republic.

ABSTRACT: Environmental change can be viewed as the combined result of long-term processes and singular events. While long-term trends appear to be readily available for observation (in the form of temporal comparisons or space-for-time substitution), it is more difficult to gain information on singular events in the past, although these can be equally significant in shaping ecosystems. We examined the past 700 years in the history of a lowland wetland landscape in the Czech Republic with the help of palaeoecological, ecological, landscape archaeological, and archival data. Macrofossil and pollen data were compared to known drainage works in the area and historical climatological data. Trends and events in habitat conditions were assessed using species indicator values. Results showed that ecologica

SUBMITTER: Szabo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5586588 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature