caa a22 4500 605528144 CHVBK 20210128100811.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0969-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0969-6 Mountain landscape archetypes of the Western Carpathians (Slovakia) [Elektronische Daten] [J. Hreško, F. Petrovič, R. Mišovičová] The concept of landscape archetypes arises from the idea of complex spatial structures allocation in the hierarchical and logical sequence, from the higher level to the lowest one (Hreško et al. Ekológia (Bratislava) 29:158-173, 2010). The landscape units being allocated on the basis of horizontal references of the secondary landscape structure are considered to be the output of landscape archetypes regionalization. The Western Carpathians represent the highest part of the Carpathian arc with highland and alpine type of landscape, which is characterized by scenically arranged mountain ridges separated by the intermountain basins and fluvial-modeled valleys. Formation of mountain areas archetypes was primarily determined by properties of relief and geological structure. Landscape archetype reflects the country way of adaptation to the impacts and changes caused by human activity, in our conditions from the Upper Palaeolithic to the present. Gradual settlement of the mountain arc of the Carpathians in the area of Slovakia was significantly influenced by the German and the Wallachian colonization. During the research of the development of the secondary landscape structure of mountain areas of Slovakia, we identified specific textures with various patterns of landscape mosaic with a certain degree of orderliness or regularity of landscape elements at different hierarchical levels. We consider such physiognomically distinguishable parts of the landscape to be "landscape archetypes”. In this paper we want to clarify and interpret the development of some representative archetypes of the mountain area of the Western Carpathians via selected examples, and to point out one of the new ways of the landscape research. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Landscape archetype nationallicence Landscape diversity nationallicence Historical landscape structure nationallicence Mountain regions nationallicence Hreško J. Faculty of Natural Science, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia aut Petrovič F. Faculty of Natural Science, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia aut Mišovičová R. Faculty of Natural Science, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/13(2015-12-01), 3269-3283 0960-3115 24:13<3269 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0969-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0969-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hreško J. Faculty of Natural Science, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Petrovič F. Faculty of Natural Science, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mišovičová R. Faculty of Natural Science, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/13(2015-12-01), 3269-3283 0960-3115 24:13<3269 2015 24 10531