Legacy effects of past land use on current biodiversity in a low-intensity farming landscape in Transylvania (Romania)

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• 作者：Patrick D. Culbert ; Ine Dorresteijn ; Jacqueline Loos…
• 关键词：Agricultural intensification ; Birds ; Butterflies ; Farmland abandonment ; Historical ecology ; Land ; use change ; Legacy effects ; Plants
• 刊名：Landscape Ecology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：32
• 期：2
• 页码：429-444
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• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Landscape Ecology; Ecology; Nature Conservation; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Sustainable Development; Environmental Management;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-9761
• 卷排序：32

文摘

ContextEcological impacts of past land use can persist for centuries. While present-day land use is relatively easy to quantify, characterizing historical land uses and their legacies on biodiversity remains challenging. Southern Transylvania in Romania is a biodiversity-rich area which has undergone major political and socio-economic changes, from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to two World Wars, communist dictatorship, capitalist democracy, and EU accession—all leading to widespread land-use changes.