Land cover as a factor affecting the structure
and modifying the dynamics of a landscape system

Solon, Jerzy; Lechnio, Jerzy

doi:10.2478/mgrsd-2014-0004

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“…In the R1 core, peat accumulated during the Panolis flammea disaster, and later, to 1937 AD, a thick mineral layer was found (Figure 2). This was probably blown by the wind and/or flowed with the water from the catchment where, because of deforestation, erosion processes occurred on a large scale (Solon et al, 2012; Solon and Lechnio, 2013). The high content of mineral components, confirmed by the extreme AC of the sediment (86%; Figure 4), was an additional factor influencing the removal of oligotrophic Sphagnum teres .…”

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Hydrological changes in the Rzecin peatland (Puszcza Notecka, Poland) induced by anthropogenic factors: Implications for mire development and carbon sequestration

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Wetlands are very vulnerable ecosystems and sensitive to changes in the ground water table. For the last few thousand years, hydrological balance has also been influenced by human activity. To improve their cropping features, drainage activity and fertilizing were applied. The drainage process led to an abrupt change of environment, the replacement of plant communities and the entire ecosystem. The problem of carbon sequestration is very important nowadays. A higher accumulation rate is related to higher carbon accumulation, but the intensity of carbon sequestration depends on the type of mire, habitat, and climatic zone. The main aim of this article was an examination of the changes in poor-fen ecosystem during the last 200 years in relation to natural and anthropogenic factors, using paleoecological methods (pollen and macrofossils). The second aim was a detailed investigation of the sedimentary record to aid our understanding of carbon sequestration in the poor fen of temperate zone. This case study shows that fens in temperate zones, in comparison with boreal ones, show higher carbon accumulation rates which have been especially intensive over the last few decades. To reconstruct vegetation changes, detailed palynological and macrofossil analyses were done. A 200-year history of the mire revealed that it was influenced by human activity to much degree. However, despite the nearby settlement and building of the drainage ditch, the precious species and plant communities still occur.

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Hydrological changes in the Rzecin peatland (Puszcza Notecka, Poland) induced by anthropogenic factors: Implications for mire development and carbon sequestration

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“…Adequate spatial datasets were selected by reviewing the thematic map resources available within the study area, according to previously described theoretical and formal-legal aspects of physical-geographical regionalization in Poland. In addition, to ensure relatively high constancy and immutability of the distinguished natural spatial units, selected delimitation criteria refer to the concept of environmental stability (Moss, 1999;Solon, 1994), which indicates the more persistent abiotic components of the environment, such as landforms, geological structures, and climatic regimes, as more readily defined and easier to conceptualize. The spatial datasets used include surface geological characteristics, genetic interpretation of landforms, and primary topographic attributes, i.e., relief types and terrain slopes (Kot, 2014;Nita, 2010;Urbański, 2011).…”

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Challenges of a GIS-based physical-geographical regionalization of Poland

Piniarski

2023

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Poland’s traditional, i.e., non-GIS, regionalization needed to be updated for landscape audit purposes. Its spatial accuracy appeared insufficient, which led to the verification and adjustment of the existing physical-geographical mesoregions using GIS and high-resolution spatial data. In Poland, provincial landscape audits are part of implementing the European Landscape Convention to Polish law order, which led to the renewal of interest in the natural spatial division of the country. To date, there is no unified division of the entire country into microregions, which in Poland are commonly perceived as the most appropriate natural spatial units for local-scale landscape analysis and management. Microregions are lower-rank spatial units than already existing mesoregions. Both are distinguished by a homogenous landscape defined within the specific area by common physical-geographical characteristics of the land. Nevertheless, each is recognized at different scales and levels of generality. This paper focuses on reviewing the current challenges of the physical-geographical regionalization of Poland. Their fundamentals were identified through a systematic literature review. It also presents all the problems encountered within implementing GIS in the microregionalization procedure, which was already used for the Greater Poland Voivodeship landscape audit. In general, all traditional methodologies related to the physical-geographical regionalization of Poland require the introduction of GIS solutions to meet the current expectations from the country’s contemporary natural spatial division. The landscape contrast analysis method proved to be a promising method of GIS-based regionalization. It has the potential to become a universal solution to the existing problems with a unified physical-geographical microregionalization of Poland. However, some hard-to-overcome obstacles are related to the availability, collection, and processing of all required thematic spatial data. Nonetheless, it is highly expected to develop a universal procedure of microregionalization and distinguish low-rank units for the entire country.

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Land cover as a factor affecting the structure and modifying the dynamics of a landscape system

Cited by 2 publications

References 12 publications

Hydrological changes in the Rzecin peatland (Puszcza Notecka, Poland) induced by anthropogenic factors: Implications for mire development and carbon sequestration

Hydrological changes in the Rzecin peatland (Puszcza Notecka, Poland) induced by anthropogenic factors: Implications for mire development and carbon sequestration

Challenges of a GIS-based physical-geographical regionalization of Poland

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