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Due to heterogeneous geomorphology, it comprises a range of habitat conditions and vegetation types. Forests cover about 3\/4 of the area and they are formed mainly by oak-hornbeam wood, thermophilous oak wood, and ravine wood.\r\n\r\nThe forests of D\u011bv\u00edn were strictly managed as a coppice in the past. The oldest records are available from the late 14th century. The cutting period was as short as 7 years in the Middle Age and then gradually increased to 15\u201325 years during the 17th\u201319th centuries. A reason of the coppice management was the need of firewood. This probably led to a dominance of the large-leaved lime (Tilia platyphyllos), which stands regular cutting and quickly re-sprouts. The traditional management was abandoned in the 20th century, a nature reserve was declared in 1946, and later even a game preserve was established; the latter, however, was cancelled in the 1990s. The forest has been gradually transformed to a high forest and its age has increased to the today\u2019s average of 70, sometimes over 120 years.\r\n\r\nThe dramatic change in the management has caused a large change in ecological conditions. Light woods, hosting many species occurring in light- and warm-demanding conditions, have shifted to mesic, i.e. moister and nutrient-richer forests than ever before. A marked decrease in diversity in forest understorey has been a consequence. This trend was revealed by a comparison of nearly 200 vegetation plots from 1953\u20131964 with their 2002\u20132003 replicates, i.e. after 40 to 50 years. A similar comparison is available for soils with 34 repeated pedological profiles.\r\n\r\nThe aim of the present management is to restore coppices with partial preservation of some stands in a non-intervention regime. A set of 80 permanent plots has been established in 2008 in order to monitor the consequent environmental and vegetation changes, as well as diversity of invertebrates, with a monitoring period of 5\u201310 years.","citation":null,"relatedIdentifiers":null,"status":{"label":"Operational","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/elter_cl\/10772"},"yearEstablished":1953,"yearClosed":null,"relatedSites":null,"siteName":"Devin thermophilous woods","shortName":"Devin","siteType":"Stationary land-based site","protectionLevel":[{"label":"Category IV \u2013 Habitat\/Species Management Area","uri":"http:\/\/dd.eionet.europa.eu\/vocabularyconcept\/cdda\/IucnCategoryValue\/IV"},{"label":"Category V \u2013 Protected Landscape\/Seascape\/Area","uri":"http:\/\/dd.eionet.europa.eu\/vocabularyconcept\/cdda\/IucnCategoryValue\/V"}],"landUse":null,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/deims.org\/sites\/default\/files\/photos\/devin-thermophilous-woods-czech-republic_4495.jpg","alt":"Coppice-with-standards"}]},"environmentalCharacteristics":{"airTemperature":{"yearlyAverage":9,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"\u00b0C","referencePeriod":null},"precipitation":{"yearlyAverage":550,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"mm","referencePeriod":null},"biogeographicalRegion":"pannonian","biome":"deciduous_forest","ecosystemType":[{"label":"Deciduous Forest","uri":null},{"label":"Forest","uri":null},{"label":"Grasslands","uri":null},{"label":"Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests","uri":null},{"label":"Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands","uri":null}],"eunisHabitat":[{"label":"Broadleaved deciduous woodland (G1)","uri":null},{"label":"Dry grasslands (E1)","uri":null},{"label":"Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)","uri":null},{"label":"Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)","uri":null}],"landforms":null,"geoBonBiome":["Terrestrial"],"geology":"limestone, loess, slope deposits","hydrology":null,"soils":"luvisols, leptosols (rendzinas), lithosols, partly mollisols","vegetation":"3\/4 is deciduous forest dominated by Tilia platyphyllos, Quercus petraea, Carpinus betulus. 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