Comparison of the current state of non-forest woody vegetation in two contrasted case study areas in Central Europe
| Autor: | Zdeněk Lipský, Katarína Demková |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
spatial analysis media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies lcsh:G1-922 02 engineering and technology landscape metrics 01 natural sciences non-forest woody vegetation State (polity) medicine Business management 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common business.industry Ecology Central Europe Environmental resource management 021107 urban & regional planning Current (stream) inventory Geography General Earth and Planetary Sciences medicine.symptom business Vegetation (pathology) lcsh:Geography (General) |
| Zdroj: | Moravian Geographical Reports, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 24-33 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1210-8812 |
| Popis: | Non-forest woody vegetation (NFWV), as a part of green infrastructure, has gained a great deal of attention in recent years. Despite its importance in many productive and non-productive functions, an inventory (collection of quantitative and qualitative data) on a national or even on a local level is not available in many European countries. The main aim of this study is to carry out a comparison of two study areas (lowland and upland) from the perspective of the current state of NFWV. We investigate qualitative attributes of NFWV, its relation to environmental conditions and its spatial pattern. After manual vectorization of orthophotos, qualitative data were collected in the field. Using statistical and landscape-ecological methods, the relation between NFWV and environmental conditions, as well as its spatial pattern were assessed. Substantial differences in character and in the spatial pattern of NFWV were identified between the study areas. NFWV in the upland area has a higher proportion (2.6%) than in lowland study area (1.5%), and it also has a more heterogeneous spatial structure. Statistical analysis points to a significant relation between the NFWV and land cover types in both study areas. A significant relation between NFWV and soil types was identified only in the upland area, however, while an association with potential natural vegetation was found in the lowland study area. |
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