<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Good understanding of relations between historical land cover changes and accompanying environmental components should be a starting point for landscape modelling and forecasting its future patterns. Analysis presented here focuses on the relationships between chosen environmental conditions and agricultural land cover changes in the period of over 150 years. The study area consisted of fragments of Nidziańska Basin and South Pomeranian Lake District macroregions. The land cover data was derived from a number of archival and contemporary topographical maps. Long-term changes of land cover were then related to underlying landscape elements (geological deposits and morphometric landforms). With the help of canonical analysis major correlations were identified and described.</p></abstract>

Good understanding of relations between historical land cover changes and accompanying environmental components should be a starting point for landscape modelling and forecasting its future patterns. Analysis presented here focuses on the relationships between chosen environmental conditions and agricultural land cover changes in the period of over 150 years. The study area consisted of fragments of Nidziańska Basin and South Pomeranian Lake District macroregions. The land cover data was derived from a number of archival and contemporary topographical maps. Long-term changes of land cover were then related to underlying landscape elements (geological deposits and morphometric landforms). With the help of canonical analysis major correlations were identified and described.

Temporal Changes of Land Cover in Relation to Chosen Environmental Variables in Different Types of Landscape

Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies Department of Geoecology

Miscellanea Geographica

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Good understanding of relations between historical land cover changes and accompanying environmental components should be a starting point for landscape...

Temporal Changes of Land Cover in Relation to Chosen Environmental Variables in Different Types of Landscape

Published Online: Nov 25, 2018

Page range: 33 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2010-0004

Keywords
Land cover changes, redundancy analysis (), abiotic components

© 2010 Maria Zachwatowicz et al., published by Sciendo

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Temporal Changes of Land Cover in Relation to Chosen Environmental Variables in Different Types of Landscape

Published Online: Nov 25, 2018

Page range: 33 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2010-0004

KeywordsLand cover changes, redundancy analysis (), abiotic components

© 2010 Maria Zachwatowicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Land cover changes, redundancy analysis (), abiotic components