Land use/land cover changes after the decline of mountain chalet farming in the Krkono?e and Hruby Jeseník Mountains, Czechia, since the mid-20th century  

作　　者：HEJDA Tomás KUPKOVA Lucie BOUDNY Zdeněk 

机构地区：[1]Department of Social Geography and Regional Development,Faculty of Science,Charles University,Prague,Czechia [2]Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Cartography,Faculty of Science,Charles University,Prague,Czechia

出　　处：《Journal of Mountain Science》2025年第4期1119-1150,共32页山地科学学报(英文)

基　　金：funded by the European Commission,CINEA Horizon Europe project no.101081307“Towards Sustainable Land-Use in the Context of Climate Change and Biodiversity in Europe(Europe-LAND)”。

摘　　要：Chalet farming,as a specific type of agricultural landscape management,has been established in many European mountain ranges,including the Krkono?e Mountains and the Hruby Jeseník Mountains in Czechia.During the operation of such farming from 16/17th century till 1945,many changes in land use/land cover and landscape at all occurred,which are generally evaluated positively.Turbulent events including political,economic and social changes and the displacement of the German-speaking population associated with them in the mid-20th century rapidly ended this development,causing significant landscape changes,such as the abandonment of agricultural land and succession,afforestation,expansion of the alpine tree line,reduction of diversity.The aim of our study is to evaluate changes of land cover(forests,dwarf pine,grasslands,other areas)from 1936/1946 till 2021,secondary succession and driving forces of change for selected meadow enclaves in the Krkonose Mountains and the Hruby Jeseník Mountains after the decline of mountain chalet farming since the middle of 20th century.We used remote sensing methods(aerial imagery)and field research(dendrochronology and comparative photography)to detect the land use/land cover changes in the selected study areas in the Krkono?e Mountains and the Hruby Jeseník Mountains.We documented the process of the succession,which occurred almost immediately after the end of farming,peaking about 10–20 years later,with an earlier start in the Hruby Jeseník Mountains.The succession led to the significant change of land use/land cover and these processes were similar in both mountain ranges.The largest changes were a decrease in grasslands by 62%–64%and an increase in forest area by 33%–40%for both study areas.The abandonment of land is the main consequence of a crucial political driving forces(displacement of German-speaking population)in the Krkono?e Mountains and the Hruby Jeseník Mountains.

关 键 词：Chalet farming Land use/land cover change Alpine treeline SUCCESSION Krkonoše Mountains HrubýJeseník Mountains 

分 类 号：S718.5[农业科学—林学]