<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>of the landscape from the viewpoint of the structure’s durability, characteristics and speed of change. The research focused on the area surrounding Płock.</p><p>
In the analysed period (1987-2010) slight changes were detected with regard to the land cover, though they were significant in terms of the natural environment. No single dominant process determining land cover change was identified. Fluctuations prevailed (producing a slightly different picture in each microregion), with a fixed pattern maintained. Distribution, shape and spatial location of land cover types are only partly determined by land lie and habitat quality. Fragmentation of the terrain is relatively high, which reflects intense land use, at the same time indicating opportunities to preserve the wildlife and vegetation typical for agrocenoses.</p></abstract>

of the landscape from the viewpoint of the structure’s durability, characteristics and speed of change. The research focused on the area surrounding Płock.
In the analysed period (1987-2010) slight changes were detected with regard to the land cover, though they were significant in terms of the natural environment. No single dominant process determining land cover change was identified. Fluctuations prevailed (producing a slightly different picture in each microregion), with a fixed pattern maintained. Distribution, shape and spatial location of land cover types are only partly determined by land lie and habitat quality. Fragmentation of the terrain is relatively high, which reflects intense land use, at the same time indicating opportunities to preserve the wildlife and vegetation typical for agrocenoses.

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

Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization
Polish Academy of Science

Department of Geoecology
Institute of Physical Geography
Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies
University of Warsaw

Miscellanea Geographica

of the landscape from the viewpoint of the structure’s durability, characteristics and speed of change. The research focused on the area surrounding Płock.
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Land cover as a factor affecting the structure and modifying the dynamics of a landscape system

Published Online: Dec 27, 2013

Page range: 34 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2014-0004

Keywords
Land use, landscape structure, land cover classification, landscape metrics, landscape dynamics

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