In the context of climate change, the decline in biodiversity and current socio-economic
trends, which support the processes of industrialization or abandonment of agricultural land …

Abstract The Poloniny National Park (Poloniny) is a forest/grassland-dominated ecosystem,
peripherally located on the Slovakian border with Ukraine and Poland, with low population …

Farmland abandonment is a major proximate driver of landscape change in European rural
areas and is often followed by natural revegetation. In certain conditions, it might be …

The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) program, promoted by the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), recognizes the multifunctional role of agricultural …

The development of urbanisation is linked to qualitative and quantitative changes in the
landscape and its components aimed at strengthening economic, administrative and cultural …

Introduction: Abandoned military training areas are biodiversity strongholds, and this is
particularly true for open-habitat and threatened species in Central Europe. Such species …

A reduction and disappearance of traditional agricultural landscape structures (TALSs) has
been taking place throughout Europe. TALSs are a mixture of small arable fields with trees …

In Europe, a broad variety of agricultural landscape types have originated as a result of
traditional farming activities and landscape diversity maintenance over centuries. The rapid …

Afforested farmland is a phenomenon of Central Europe. In this study, we evaluate the radial
growth of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] and European larch (Larix decidua Mill.) in …

Marginal and less-favored regions are characterized by negative migration balance, lower
living standards, aging of the population, a lower number of employment opportunities …