M. Klaučo, B. Gregorová, Uglješa Stankov, V. Marković, Polina Lemenkova
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Abstract
The Sitno Natura 2000 Site covers an area of 935,56 hectares. The Sitno region is significant due to the number of rare and endangered species of plants, and as a result is considered a location of great importance to the maintenance of floral gene pools. The study area suffers human impacts in the form of tourism. The main purpose of this study is to the measure landscape elements, determine the ecological significance of habitats within the Sitno area, and from this data, organize the study area into conservation zones. The results of this landscape quantification are numerical values that can be used to interpret the quality of ongoing ecological processes within individual landscape types. Interpretation of this quantified data can be used to determine the ecological significance of landscapes in other study areas. This research examines the habitats of Natura 2000 Sites by a set of landscape metrics for habitat area, size, density, and shape, such as Number of patches (NP), Patch density (PD), Mean patch size (MPS), Patch size standard deviation (PSSD) and Mean shape index (MSI). The classification of land cover patches is based on the Annex Code system.
Sitno Natura 2000遗址占地面积935,56公顷。锡特诺地区因其珍稀和濒危植物物种的数量而具有重要意义,因此被认为是维持花卉基因库的重要地点。研究区域以旅游业的形式受到人类的影响。本研究的主要目的是测量Sitno区域内的景观要素,确定栖息地的生态意义,并根据这些数据将研究区域划分为保护区。景观量化的结果是可以用来解释单个景观类型中正在进行的生态过程质量的数值。对这些量化数据的解释可用于确定其他研究区域景观的生态意义。本研究采用斑块数(NP)、斑块密度(PD)、平均斑块大小(MPS)、斑块大小标准差(PSSD)和平均形状指数(MSI)等景观指标对Natura 2000站点的生境面积、大小、密度和形状进行了考察。土地覆盖斑块的分类是基于附件代码系统。