Ecological landscape as a structure of interrelated ecosystems

An attempt has been made to characterize the landscape as an integrated ecological unit of a superecosystem character. It has been pointed out that the landscape basically differs from other ecological units such as population or ecosystem. This difference is due to the specific structure of the landscape where the elements forming it (ecosystems) border with one another but do not penetrate one another in space. Also the kind and intensity of interactions among ecosystems depend probably on the distribution of ecosystems in space and on the type of ecosystems bordering together, and on their size and shape. Not only the intensity of interaction of one ecosystem on the f unctioning of an ot her is important, but the susceptibility of one ecosystem to the influence of the other. Four basic ways of transmitting matter and energy by an animal population from one ecosystem to others have been distinguished (Fig. 2).

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Bibliografia na stronach 46-47

Abstract in English

Bibiographical references (pages 46-47)

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