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~0.03 m3 per year (Barešić, 2009; Bonacci, 2013). In other words, water is
held in the lakes longer and the hydrological system of the lakes is becom-
ing more closed.
Threatened biotopes and changes in land use
Biotope diversity of forest ecosystems—which humans have damaged
by supressing forests—has enabled the development of different types of
grasses and other types of ecosystems. Today, however, a large part of the
area (primarily grasslands) of the Park is becoming overgrown. From both
a floral and vegetation diversity viewpoint, as well as from the perspective
of an anthropogenic landscape, this is a negative process because it reduces
biodiversity and the richness of the existing flora (Šegulja, 2005). Marsh bi-
otopes and their vegetation are also threatened. There are years of built-up
remains of decayed vegetation in some places, which is causing the ground
to gradually rise and the biotopes to narrow.
All of the aforementioned shows the emergent need to protect grass-
land areas, as well as other swamp vegetation areas and marsh biotopes in
the Park. Only in this way will the existing biodiversity within the Park be
preserved. In order to reach these goals, anthropogenic influence must be
restored to a portion of the grassland areas (Fuller et al., 2019), i.e. the grass-
lands in certain areas of the Park should be regularly mowed.
Negative demographic processes in the Park and its surroundings
The fundamental cause of depopulation in the area of the Park during the
second half of the 20th century was emigration, which was in turn caused
by the backwardness and stagnation (in terms of socio-economic devel-
opment in Croatia) of the wider area. This is supported by the predomi-
nance of emigrational types of general population mobility from 1971 to
1991, from both the immediate and wider areas of the Park. The analysis of
general population mobility shows a clear difference in the intensity of em-
igration from the immediate and wider areas of the Park during the last
few decades, whereby the immediate area of the Park—thanks to its more
developed work functions—has a lower rate of emigration than the wider
area (Tab. 1).
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~0.03 m3 per year (Barešić, 2009; Bonacci, 2013). In other words, water is
held in the lakes longer and the hydrological system of the lakes is becom-
ing more closed.
Threatened biotopes and changes in land use
Biotope diversity of forest ecosystems—which humans have damaged
by supressing forests—has enabled the development of different types of
grasses and other types of ecosystems. Today, however, a large part of the
area (primarily grasslands) of the Park is becoming overgrown. From both
a floral and vegetation diversity viewpoint, as well as from the perspective
of an anthropogenic landscape, this is a negative process because it reduces
biodiversity and the richness of the existing flora (Šegulja, 2005). Marsh bi-
otopes and their vegetation are also threatened. There are years of built-up
remains of decayed vegetation in some places, which is causing the ground
to gradually rise and the biotopes to narrow.
All of the aforementioned shows the emergent need to protect grass-
land areas, as well as other swamp vegetation areas and marsh biotopes in
the Park. Only in this way will the existing biodiversity within the Park be
preserved. In order to reach these goals, anthropogenic influence must be
restored to a portion of the grassland areas (Fuller et al., 2019), i.e. the grass-
lands in certain areas of the Park should be regularly mowed.
Negative demographic processes in the Park and its surroundings
The fundamental cause of depopulation in the area of the Park during the
second half of the 20th century was emigration, which was in turn caused
by the backwardness and stagnation (in terms of socio-economic devel-
opment in Croatia) of the wider area. This is supported by the predomi-
nance of emigrational types of general population mobility from 1971 to
1991, from both the immediate and wider areas of the Park. The analysis of
general population mobility shows a clear difference in the intensity of em-
igration from the immediate and wider areas of the Park during the last
few decades, whereby the immediate area of the Park—thanks to its more
developed work functions—has a lower rate of emigration than the wider
area (Tab. 1).
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