This thesis deals with the landscape fragmentation in relation to the spatial and migration requirements of large carnivores in Western Carpathians region. Based on the data of the model species (Lynx Lynx) occurrence and selected environmental factors, the habitat suitability for Lynx Lynx is discussed using the Maxent habitat model. Employing the Effective Mesh Size method, the current landscape fragmentation caused by the transport infrastructure and urban development is studied in detail in terms of the fragmentation geometry. In addition to the analysis of measure of the current fragmentation, this thesis also includes a prediction of development of the landscape fragmentation in relation to the planned large transport constructions up to the year 2030. Comparing the habitat suitability model with the measure of current landscape fragmentation, the areas with the greatest potential of the Lynx Lynx permanent occurrence as well as the problematic areas in view of the dispersion and individuals migration are determined. Comparing the habitat suitability model with the prognosis of development of the landscape fragmentation, the impact of the planned road constructions on the suitable habitat is assessed.

Le travail mené dans le cadre de cette thèse porte sur la pratique des dépôts non funéraires de l’âge du Bronze (2200-800 av. J.-C.) en Europe. Ces ensembles d’objets métalliques présentent une très grande variabilité temporelle et spatiale, en termes de contenu et de fréquence, ce qui soulève de nombreuses questions. L’objectif principal de cette recherche est de montrer que ces dépôts sont des offrandes déposées pour solliciter les divinités, notamment pour stabiliser une reproduction sociale menacée. Pour cela, la réflexion se développe autour de deux axes majeurs, l’un portant sur la composition de ces ensembles (approche statistique) et l’autre sur leur implantation dans le paysage (approche spatiale). La mise en place d’un système d’information (base de données relationnelles couplée à un SIG) forme le noyau de ce travail. Les divers résultats obtenus pour chacune des cinq zones-échantillons choisies sont confrontés puis replacés dans leur contexte régional, afin d’aborder la signification sociale de ces dépôts. Une hiérarchie au sein de ces ensembles a ainsi pu être mise en évidence, de même qu’une diffusion de la pratique d’Est en Ouest. Pour conclure l’étude, une ouverture sur la question des réseaux d’échanges est proposée. / This PhD thesis is mainly concerned with the European Bronze Age hoards (2200-800 BC). These hoards of metal objects have a high variability in space and time, as far as their content and frequency are concerned, which leads to several questions. The primary aim of this study is to show that these hoards are offerings for the deities and made to strengthen an unstable social reproduction. My argument is developed following two research axes, the first one focusing on the content of the hoards (statistical analysis) and the second one on their repartition in the landscape (spatial analysis). The use of an information system (a RDBMS related to a GIS) is at the core of this thesis. The main results of the five chosen regions are compared and then repositioned within their regional context, in order to tackle the social meanings of the hoards. A hierarchy of the hoards is highlighted and a diffusion of the practice from east to west is shown. To conclude the study, a window is open on the exchange networks.

This thesis deals with the belemnite fauna from the Outer Western Carpathians Klippen, its systematic classification, stratigraphical and palaeogeographical evaluation. The palaeontological/palaeobiological approach, together with isotope analyses, including of carbon and oxygen stable isotopes and of strontium isotopes, enabled an integrated investigation of the palaeoecological conditions during the Jurassic/Cretaceous (J/K) boundary interval and the Early Cretaceous age. The Tethyan belemnites are not intensively studied in detail in the J/K interval, as they occur rather rarely in the sections, and/or sedimentary conditions were not suitable for their preservation. Therefore, belemnites are described only from a few sites in the Mediterranean Province. On the basis of recent research, the stratigraphic range of several species previously considered to be from the Tithonian age was extended to the earliest Cretaceous. By contrast, the Lower Cretaceous belemnites (since the late Berriasian) are more abundant. In the classical areas of the Tethyan Realm, it is possible to study the Lower Cretaceous belemnites in great detail and, according to their higher abundance, to determine an individual assemblage corresponding to stratigraphical intervals. Their occurrence is also an important basement for...

The studied area extends from the Ochtiná Unit in Western Carpathians to the Veitsch Nappe Eastern Alps. The thesis represents a complex multidisciplinary work that combines the structural analysis, petrology and geochronology. The three main objectives of this thesis: reevaluation of the structure, deformation and metamorphic records, and original position of the Ochtiná Unit, understanding the distinct metasomatic processes recorded along the contact of two major units of the Central Western Carpathians - in the Gemer-Vepor Contact Zone - and their relation to distinct tectono-metamorphic events, testing the possible links between the Ochtiná Unit in the Gemer-Vepor Contact Zone of the Western Carpathians and the Veitsch Nappe in the Greywacke Zone of the Easten Alps, both well known for the Lower Carboniferous shale/schist sequence accompanied by the abundant presence of magnesite ore bodies. Keywords: Central Western Carpathians, Greywacke Zone, Ochtiná Unit, Veitsch Nappe, U-Pb zircon dating, Phase equilibrium modelling