Predicted occurrence of ancient coppice woodlands in the Czech Republic

doi:10.3832/ifor2295-010

Predicted occurrence of ancient coppice woodlands in the Czech Republic

Petr Madera , Martin Machala, Tomáš Slach, Michal Friedl, Linda Cernušáková, Daniel Volarík, Antonín Buček

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages 788-795 (2017)
doi: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor2295-010
Published: Sep 16, 2017 - Copyright © 2017 SISEF

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Coppicing started in the Neolithic period and has been practiced throughout European history. This traditional silvicultural system was abandoned in many European countries during the 20^th century. The Czech Republic now has a very low proportion of coppice woods (CW), as more than 1000 km² CW were converted into high forests after World War II. Nevertheless, many CW were maintained as stored coppices, which could be the last remainders of ancient coppice woods (ACW) in the Czech Republic. Knowledge of area and distribution of stored coppices is currently missing in the Czech Republic, because they are recorded as high forests in forest management plans. Many stored forests are currently approaching the maturity age, with a high risk that these last ACW remainders will be lost; therefore, an inventory of ancient coppice woods is necessary. In our study, we develop an index of likelihood of coppice occurrence (COP) based on the distribution of habitats favourable for coppices, as well as on past and current occurrence of CW in the Czech Republic from historical maps. COP index values were then used to generate a map showing the relative likelihoods of occurrence of ACW, which can serve as a baseline to support the compilation of an ACW inventory and their mapping in the field. Our results can help prioritize forest areas to be inventoried based on their higher probabilities of ACW occurrence.

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Ancient Coppice Woodlands, Inventory, Coppice Occurrence, Cultural heritage

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Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelská 3, 613 00 Brno (Czech Republic)

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Petr Madera
petrmad@mendelu.cz

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Madera P, Machala M, Slach T, Friedl M, Cernušáková L, Volarík D, Buček A (2017). Predicted occurrence of ancient coppice woodlands in the Czech Republic. iForest 10: 788-795. - doi: 10.3832/ifor2295-010

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Tomás Vrska

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Received: Nov 25, 2016
Accepted: Jun 16, 2017

First online: Sep 16, 2017
Publication Date: Oct 31, 2017
Publication Time: 3.07 months

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