THE ROLE OF ECOTONES IN MAN-DISTURBED LANDSCAPE: BOUNDARIES BETWEEN MIXED FOREST AND ADJACENT MAN-MADE ECOSYSTEMS IN THE KAMPINOS NATIONAL PARK, POLAND

摘要

Ecologists agree that one of the main effects of human activity is the decrease in patch size in the landscape and hence an increase in ecotone length as a transition zone between adjacent ecological systems. Theoretical and practical importance of this concept has become one of the leading issues in current ecological research.