Authors
Ester Ekrtová, Václav Křivan, Aleš Jelínek, Kateřina Poledníková, Lukáš Poledník
Journal
Ochrana Přírody
Publishing year
In the Czech Republic, a sharp decline in agricultural landscape biological diversity has recently become very urgent. The topic even now and then jumps from scientific journals and enters into mass media, thus confirming its weight and severity. The fact demonstrates the seriousness of this topic, which also starts to be noticed by part of the general public. Almost always negative cases are mentioned, but positive examples of a biodiversity rich agricultural landscape appear rarely. The authors would therefore like to introduce the readers to the mosaics of vineyards, orchards, fields and steppes on the outskirts of the town of Velké Pavlovice (South Moravia). These may not only provide inspiration to those restoring varied agriculture landscapes, but mainly pose a great challenge to preserve them.
Open publication "European Ground Squirrel – An Umbrella Species for Biodiversity Rich Farmland" (PDF)