Nicola Arndt und Matthias Pohl - Neobiota

Nicola Arndt und Matthias Pohl - Neobiota Nicola Arndt und Matthias Pohl - Neobiota

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Map 5: Landscape map of Europe by MEEUS (1993). The landscape units are characterised by climatic aspects and by potential natural vegetation, leaving concrete landscape types unidentified. Each landscape unit is described by a code system based on its natural and anthropogenic characteristics, specifically on the type of natural landscape zone, topogra- phy (‘orographic class’), degree of transformation due to human impact, trends and current land use. 4.2 Overlay with the landscape map from the Dobríš report MEEUS’s typology and map (1993) at a scale of 1:25 million comprise 30 major landscape types that are described and compared on the basis of geology, climate, land form, soil, land use, hydrology, settlement patterns, dynamics and scenery. Landscape types have been grouped according to common characteristics regarding the geomorphological and cultural aspects. The first group consists of ‘zonal’ landscapes such as tundras, taigas and uplands along a north-south gradient. Zonal landscapes are 96

Map 6: Map overlay European Natural Vegetation (BOHN et al. 2000) with the Map of European Landscapes (MEEUS 1993) = red lines – excerpt. closely linked to climate, base geology, altitude and vegetation. A second group covers the range of land use aspects from the Atlantic coast to the centre of the continent, as a transition from hedgerow landscape (‘bocage’) to openfields in various degrees and expansions. A third group includes the arid landscapes of Russian steppes and deserts. In addition to these broad groups, the typology addresses so-called ‘artificial landscapes’ such as polders (resulting from land reclamation), huertas and some deltas as well as the following cultural landscapes: Dutch/Belgium ‘kampen’, Polish ‘strip fields’, Spanish ‘dehesas’, Portuguese ‘montados’ and Italian ‘coltura promiscua’. The delineation of the different landscape types is based on literature survey, field studies, national landscape inventories and simplification of previous studies. Information on vegetation, soils and geomorphology is derived from a map of potential natural vegetation (BOHN 1995; BOHN et al. 2000), a map of landscapes by LEBEAU (1969), NOIRFALISE (1989), and soil maps by FAO and CEC; specific information on forested, Nordic areas is based on works by BERNES (1993) and PISARENKO (1993) for 97

Map 5: Landscape map of Europe by MEEUS (1993).<br />

The landscape units are characterised by climatic aspects and by potential natural vegetation, leaving<br />

concrete landscape types unidentified. Each landscape unit is described by a code system based on its<br />

natural and anthropogenic characteristics, specifically on the type of natural landscape zone, topogra-<br />

phy (‘orographic class’), degree of transformation due to human impact, trends and current land use.<br />

4.2 Overlay with the landscape map from the Dobríš report<br />

MEEUS’s typology and map (1993) at a scale of 1:25 million comprise 30 major landscape types that<br />

are described and compared on the basis of geology, climate, land form, soil, land use, hydrology,<br />

settlement patterns, dynamics and scenery. Landscape types have been grouped according to common<br />

characteristics regarding the geomorphological and cultural aspects. The first group consists of ‘zonal’<br />

landscapes such as t<strong>und</strong>ras, taigas and uplands along a north-south gradient. Zonal landscapes are<br />

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