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Changes in the Spatial Structure of the Landscape of Isolated Forest Complexes in the 19th and 20th Centuries and Their Potential Effects on Supporting Ecosystem Services Related to the Protection of Biodiversity Using the Example of the Niemodlin Forests (SW Poland)
Radosław WróbelKrzysztof Badorasubject
0106 biological sciences010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesGeography Planning and Developmentlcsh:TJ807-830Biodiversitylcsh:Renewable energy sourcesManagement Monitoring Policy and Lawlandscape metrics010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesEcosystem servicesforestEcosystem degradationlandscape structure; landscape metrics; landscape changes; forestEcosystemlandscape structurelcsh:Environmental sciences0105 earth and related environmental scienceslcsh:GE1-350Renewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentSpatial structurebusiness.industrylandscape changeslcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plantsEnvironmental resource managementFragmentation (computing)Structure and functionGeographylcsh:TD194-195Habitatbusinessdescription
This study assesses the changes in the spatial structure of the landscape between 1825 and 2019 in the isolated, protected forest complex of the Niemodlin Forests. Based on the analysis of changes in this structure, a change the supporting ecosystem services related to the protection of biodiversity was proposed. The landscape metrics were used separately for the analysis of the structure of the whole landscape, and individual types of ecosystems were used in the research. There were no major changes in the share of individual types of ecosystems during the period under review. At the same time, a very large increase in built-up areas and tree stands was found in 1825. Landscape metrics point to internal changes in the landscape composition, which is important for the functioning of the landscape and is related to the fragmentation and increasing isolation of ecosystems. Changes in the share of the surface of individual types of ecosystems in the landscape do not provide enough information about the actual structural and functional changes and ongoing ecosystem support services. There has been ecosystem degradation that is associated with freshwater habitats&mdash
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-21 | Sustainability |