Prehistoric origin of the extremely species-rich semi-dry grasslands in the Bílé Karpaty Mts (Czech Republic and Slovakia)

Preslia

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-204

  Hájková, Petra ^a,b   Roleček, Jan ^a,b   Hájek, Michal ^a,b   Horsák, Michal ^a   Fajmon, Karel ^a,c   Polák, Michal ^a   Jamrichová, Eva ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c ZO ČSOP Bílé Karpaty ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Disjunct distribution; Environmental history; Holocene; Macrofossils; Molluscs; Palaeoecology; Pollen; Relict species; Semi dry grasslands; Slovakia; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MOLLUSC; PALEOECOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; POLLEN; PREHISTORIC; RARE SPECIES; RELICT SPECIES; ROMAN ERA; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CARPATHIANS; CZECH REPUBLIC; SLOVAKIA; WESTERN CARPATHIANS; WHITE CARPATHIANS;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79956095912     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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