Geodiversity and biodiversity of the postglacial landscape (Dębnica River catchment, Poland)
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2016
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Wydział Nauk Geograficznych i Geologicznych Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza
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The preparation of a proper zoning plan or landscape-ecological plan requires taking into account recogni-
tion of the natural values of an area covered by the plan and evaluating its abiotic and biotic diversities. The aim of the
paper is to present the new approach to the procedure of geodiversity and biodiversity assessment. This procedure is
used to characterise abiotic and biotic heterogeneity of the postglacial landscape modifed by a man, tested on Dębnica
River catchment (Western Pomerania, Poland). This catchment is a representative example illustrating the landscape
of Central European Plain. The analytical algorithm of the geodiversity assessment is based on appropriate selection
of the evaluation criteria: lithological, relative heights, landform fragmentation, hydrographical elements and mesocli-
matic conditions. Biodiversity was assessed on the basis of real vegetation, potential natural vegetation and the degree
of anthropisation of the natural vegetation with respect to syngenesis of plant associations. Seven factor maps were
obtained: fve for the diversity of abiotic elements, and two for the diversity of biotic elements, which became the basis
for the creation of total geodiversity and biodiversity maps. Maps produced in accordance with given methodology
may fnd a wide range of applications.
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geodiversity, biodiversity, diversity assessment, diversity mapping, Western Pomerania, Poland
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Quaestiones Geographicae vol. 35 (1), 2016, pp. 5-28