The distribution and biocultural value assessment of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) in the cadastral districts of Stredné Plachtince and Horné Plachtince (Slovakia)
The cadastral districts of Stredné Plachtince and Horné Plachtince are situated in the southern part of the Krupinská Planina Mts. in the Carpathian Mts. and about one-third of both the districts is made up of traditional agricultural landscape. Sweet chestnut finds here suitable natural conditions...
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| description | The cadastral districts of Stredné Plachtince and Horné Plachtince are situated in the southern part of the Krupinská Planina Mts. in the Carpathian Mts. and about one-third of both the districts is made up of traditional agricultural landscape. Sweet chestnut finds here suitable natural conditions for its growth. The article focuses on the chestnut biocultural value assessment in the given traditional landscape type. Firstly, the field survey concerning chestnuts and old stables identification and positioning was done. Secondly, the data were processed by the geospatial analysis tools in QGIS aiming at the evaluation of chestnuts and old stables spatial distribution in the study area. Thirdly, the chestnut biocultural value was assessed and the modification of current boundary of the given landscape type was proposed. Chestnuts most frequently occurred in the extensively used CLC patches with pastures and heterogeneous agricultural areas - “Land principally occupied by agriculture with significant areas of natural vegetation”, in parallel coinciding with HNV farmlands and habitats of European importance and with local occurrence of the protected bat species. Chestnuts found in the vicinity of old stables partially confirmed their specific function in cattle breading in the past. We can conclude that sweet chestnut supports the value of the traditional landscape type of “pastoral land with meadows” and its current area could be extended correspondingly to our results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6d225e60b695410ab908d4435c598d762022-12-21T22:38:26ZengSciendoEkológia (Bratislava)1337-947X2017-06-0136213014510.1515/eko-2017-0012eko-2017-0012The distribution and biocultural value assessment of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) in the cadastral districts of Stredné Plachtince and Horné Plachtince (Slovakia)Pástor Michal0Slámová Martina1Benčať Tibor2Department of Landscape Planning and Design, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovak RepublicDepartment of Landscape Planning and Design, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovak RepublicDepartment of Landscape Planning and Design, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovak RepublicThe cadastral districts of Stredné Plachtince and Horné Plachtince are situated in the southern part of the Krupinská Planina Mts. in the Carpathian Mts. and about one-third of both the districts is made up of traditional agricultural landscape. Sweet chestnut finds here suitable natural conditions for its growth. The article focuses on the chestnut biocultural value assessment in the given traditional landscape type. Firstly, the field survey concerning chestnuts and old stables identification and positioning was done. Secondly, the data were processed by the geospatial analysis tools in QGIS aiming at the evaluation of chestnuts and old stables spatial distribution in the study area. Thirdly, the chestnut biocultural value was assessed and the modification of current boundary of the given landscape type was proposed. Chestnuts most frequently occurred in the extensively used CLC patches with pastures and heterogeneous agricultural areas - “Land principally occupied by agriculture with significant areas of natural vegetation”, in parallel coinciding with HNV farmlands and habitats of European importance and with local occurrence of the protected bat species. Chestnuts found in the vicinity of old stables partially confirmed their specific function in cattle breading in the past. We can conclude that sweet chestnut supports the value of the traditional landscape type of “pastoral land with meadows” and its current area could be extended correspondingly to our results.https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2017-0012sweet chestnuttraditional land useold stablesbiocultural valuehigh nature value farmlandsbiotopes |
| spellingShingle | Pástor Michal Slámová Martina Benčať Tibor The distribution and biocultural value assessment of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) in the cadastral districts of Stredné Plachtince and Horné Plachtince (Slovakia) Ekológia (Bratislava) sweet chestnut traditional land use old stables biocultural value high nature value farmlands biotopes |
| title | The distribution and biocultural value assessment of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) in the cadastral districts of Stredné Plachtince and Horné Plachtince (Slovakia) |
| title_full | The distribution and biocultural value assessment of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) in the cadastral districts of Stredné Plachtince and Horné Plachtince (Slovakia) |
| title_fullStr | The distribution and biocultural value assessment of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) in the cadastral districts of Stredné Plachtince and Horné Plachtince (Slovakia) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The distribution and biocultural value assessment of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) in the cadastral districts of Stredné Plachtince and Horné Plachtince (Slovakia) |
| title_short | The distribution and biocultural value assessment of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) in the cadastral districts of Stredné Plachtince and Horné Plachtince (Slovakia) |
| title_sort | distribution and biocultural value assessment of sweet chestnut castanea sativa mill in the cadastral districts of stredne plachtince and horne plachtince slovakia |
| topic | sweet chestnut traditional land use old stables biocultural value high nature value farmlands biotopes |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2017-0012 |
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