Will Xerothermic Grasslands of the Ponidzie Region Survive?

Grabowski Tomasz ()
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Grabowski Tomasz: University of Warsaw – Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies – Department of Geoecology, 00-927Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 30

Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, 2008, vol. 13, issue 1, 163-168

Abstract: Xerothermic grasslands are veritable botanical gems of the Ponidzie region, located in the upland zone of Poland. Most of these exceptional plant communities have been formed as a result of deforestation, in habitats characterized by specific climatic, hydrological and soil conditions. The result of the natural reserve protection of the xerothermic grassland, however, is opposite to the desired result. The survival of the xerothermic grassland depends on the change in the approach to their protection. Xerothermic grasslands are an excellent example of the difficulties with maintaining very valuable, but semi-natural and anthropogenic communities, related to a large extent to traditional, extensive forms of agriculture. Similar problems occur in the case of gladiolus meadows in lower subalpine forest zones or of once-mown molinion meadows in river valleys.

Keywords: xerothermic grass; natural reserve protection; substitute communities; cultural landscape (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2008-0016

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