The aim of this research is to gain a better understanding of the effects of spatial representation in landscape ecology. Nine hundred artificial landscapes were generated with varying spatial patterns created using a fractal landscape generator
with 3D fractal dimensions ranging from 2.1 to 2.9. The 3D landscapes were reduced to 2D patterns by putting the cells into 5 classes. Forty-four landscape metrics were used to measure the resulting 2D landscape spatial patterns, and the relations of 9
Cultural landscape ; Czech Republic ; Europe ; Landscape ; Typology
The main goal of this paper is to introduce the importance of landscape typology in present times. Different approaches to landscape typology in Czechia and other European countries as well as relations of landscape typology to landscape character
assessment and the European Landscape Convention are discussed. - (EN)
Improving the factual knowledge of landscapes : following up the European Landscape Convention with a comparative historical analysis of forces of landscape change in the Sjodalen and Stolsheimen mountain areas, Norway
The article is an overview of the role of landscapes as tourist attractions changed several times in the past centuries. the frequently visited landscapes are mountainous and waterside environments, these attract millions of tourists per year
. Tourism can have direct or indirect, positive or negative effect on landscapes, which fact can not be ignored in the future. - (AM)
Cultural landscape ; Landscape unit ; Municipality ; Settlement ; Spatial organization
Settlement and municipality are fundamental terms in geography of settlements, which are often identified or interchanged. A settlement is an inseparable part of cultural landscape and a landscape unit with certain physionomy in particular
. Settlement organization within the system of settlements is the image and product of human activity in certain landscape, whereas character and number of municipalities are the image and product of spatial organization of society. - (EN)
Spatio-temporal differentiation of landscape ecological niche in western ecological frangible region : a case study of Yan'an region in northwestern China
Arid area ; China ; Ecological niche ; Ecosystem ; Landscape ecology ; Model ; Shaanxi ; Spatial analysis ; Statistics
The AA. attempt here to put forward a conception of landscape ecological niche, enlightened by the international scholars on extending the ecological niche theory from spatial to functional niche. The results show that from 1987 to 2000, towards
Yan'an region, spatial attribute value of landscape ecological niche changes with an obvious increment, and functional attribute value change with a little increment, both of which enhance the regional landscape ecological niche. Towards each county
, spatial attribute value of landscape ecological niche increases to different extent while functional attribute value changes dissimilarly with an increment or a decrement.
Landscape mosaic in the treeline ecotone on Mt Rodjanoaivi, Subarctic Finland
Biogeography ; Climatic change ; Ecotone ; Finland ; Landscape ; Mountain ; Periglacial features ; Slope gradient ; Soil properties ; Subarctic zone ; Tree line ; Vegetation dynamics ; Wind
The aim of this paper is to differentiate the landscape mosaic in the treeline ecotone using topography-dependent landscape spatial-ecological units (site types) identified by vegetation, soils and natural drainage classes and to assess
the influence of the landscape mosaic on natural regeneration of the mountain birch. This is demonstrated with examples on the northwest-exposed slope of Rodjanoaivi. Consequently, the landscape mosaic needs to be carefully considered when discussing
Cultural landscape ; Historical geography ; Hungary ; Prehistory ; Valley
The study presents the use of landscapes and resources of Hernád Valley, the evolution of cultural landscape and its territorial development since the emergence of Early Man until recently. The article is to be considered a pilot study
Bibliography ; Biogeography ; China ; Geographical information system ; Landscape ecology ; Remote sensing ; Research ; Spatial analysis ; Years 2000-2009
Karstic landscape evolution of southern Apulia foreland during the Pleistocene
The Salento area is a narrow peninsula composed of Cretaceous and Neogenic carbonatic rocks constituting the southernmost part of the emerged Apulian foreland. A karstic landscape shaped on Upper Cretaceous - Lower Pleistocene rocks and covered
by Middle Pleistocene terrigenous sediments has been recognized. Presently, the Salento Peninsula landscape shows at its inner and western parts wide karstic surfaces, remnants of the middle Pleistocene sedimentary cover, and morphostructural ridges. - (NF)
The aim of this work has been to define the course of the boundary between the Miechowska Upland and Proszowicki Plateau, on the basis of research on landscape elements and landscape structure along a preliminarily allocated border zone between
and landscape structure determine the course of the boundary referred to, that between the mentioned regions comprising geocomplexes of individual terrain rank located on the eastern slopes of the Biórkówka valley as well as its right-bank tributary. Mesoregions
Tillage and water erosion on different landscapes in the northern North American Great Plains evaluated using Cs 137 technique and soil erosion models
In this study, 2 field sites, representing different landscapes in the North American Great Plains, were examined. Water and tillage erosions were estimated using the established water and tillage erosion models and total soil erosion was estimated
using the Cs 137 technique. The AA. determined that the patterns of water and tillage erosion across the landscapes are mainly dependent on topographic features and they are fundamentally different within topographically complex landscapes. Most soil