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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]The SCI Ke\u010dovsk\u00e9 \u0161krapy was designated to ensure and improve the favorable conservation status of habitats of Community importance, primarily steppes consisting of dry and thermophilic pastures. Additionally, the area features lowland and submontane hay meadows, calcareous rocky slopes, inaccessible caves, common juniper formations, thermophilic subcontinental peri-Pannonic scrubs, and thermophilic Pannonian woods with downy oak (Quercus pubescens<\/em>).[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Among the species subject to protection, the area hosts the rare plant the greater pasque flower. In terms of invertebrates, notable species include the Eurasian toothed grasshopper, the Jersey Tiger (Callimorpha quadripunctaria),<\/em> and the Pannonian spring snail. Protected vertebrates include the European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus<\/em>), several species of protected bats, the grey wolf (Canis lupus<\/em>), and the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx<\/em>).[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”38652″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]greater pasque flower (Pulsatilla grandis<\/em>)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”38602″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Eurasian toothed grasshopper (Stenobothrus eurasius<\/em>)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”38735″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Pannonian spring snail (Bythinella pannonica<\/em>)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=””]The greatest threats to dry and thermophilic habitats and species, including those found in the Ke\u010dovsk\u00e9 \u0161krapy area, are the abandonment of traditional land management, overgrowth by woody volunteer vegetation, and the spread of expansive grass species, leading to a decline in biodiversity and local species extinction. The accompanying photographs illustrate changes in the landscape structure over decades, where the mosaic landscape with significant pastures has been gradually replaced by shrub encroachment and forest communities. Therefore, it is crucial to restore such sites through clearing of pastures and subsequently reintroducing grazing by livestock.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”38720″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Historical land use \u2013 almost every piece of native land was grazed, and rare species and habitats were in a much more favorable state over a larger area[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”38715″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Current land use \u2013 after grazing was abandoned, succession by woody species occurs, leading to the disappearance of rare species and habitats[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”38725″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]A mosaic of various habitats[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”38710″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Xerothermic grass-herb communities with fescues[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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