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Influence of mountain farming termination on forest stands in the east part of the Krkonoše Mts.
Mach, Dominik ; Treml, Václav (advisor) ; Romportl, Dušan (referee)
This thesis focuses on the evaluation of the impact of abandonment of agricultural land on forest stands in the eastern part of the Krkonoše Mountains. The aim of this thesis is to reconstruct the evolution of the forest response to gradual termination of mountain farming. Specifically, I analysed the age structure of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and described the dynamics of secondary forest succession in meadow enclaves around huts. Three main research methods helped meeting the above-mentioned objectives of the thesis. The first is the analysis of old maps. The second is segmentation and supervised classification of aerial photographs. The last is dendrochronological research of the age structures of Norway spruce. Research showed the expansion of forest stands into treeless grassland enclaves. The main driving force behind this process of secondary succession has been the gradual decline of mountain farming. After the end of mountain farming in the middle of the 20th century,the dynamics of forest succession in meadow enclaves increased significantly, with the highest rate of succession in the following 20 years. Forest succession took place mainly along the edges of meadow enclaves. Inside the meadow enclaves, trees were mostly established along streams. The most significant factor that...
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The creation of the Historical atlas of the Battle of Königgrätz
Mach, Dominik ; Čábelka, Miroslav (advisor) ; Bayer, Tomáš (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to create a historical atlas of the Battle of Königgrätz. The theoretical part describes rules, concepts and methods of the thematic cartography, followed by a research of printed historical atlases, which served as an inspiration for the author. The last section of the theoretical part deals with the introduction to the Battle of Königgrätz itself. In the practical part, an appropriate methodological creation process is proposed based on the acquired knowledge. The key part of the process is working with historical maps from the Map Collection of the Faculty of Science of Charles University as well as with historical literature. The outcome of the thesis is the aforementioned historical atlas of the Battle of Königgrätz, which shows the spatial distribution of armies during the battle using chronologically ordered maps and provides basic information regarding the causes, course, consequences and key moments of the conflict. Keywords: historical atlas, battle map, tematic cartography, battle of Königgrätz, ArcGIS
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