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I am a biologist specializing in ecology. One of the main my research courses is the processes influencing the transformation of vegetation in a landscape. Currently, vegetation is undergoing intensive changes, mainly due to the progressive fragmentation, synanthropization, and climate change. Understanding the influence of various factors on animate nature and the processes that shape it in the landscape will provide knowledge on how to conduct the human economy to preserve the richness of plants and the living world. Some works were devoted to the influence of various factors on natural vegetation.
This paper presents a study on public gardens with sensory features located in Kraków (Poland). Data for the analysis of the facilities were obtained during site visits using observations. The paper uses a research method for the analysis of therapeutic outdoor areas in cities based on the evaluation of their attributes. This method makes it possible to characterise features of objects as well as their value. It is a practical tool, which enables an in-depth analysis of public spaces. The study showed that public gardens with sensory features located in Kraków have significant deficiencies, which make it impossible to fully exploit the potential of the sensory space.
Izabela Krzeptowska-Moszkowicz; Łukasz Moszkowicz; Karolina Porada. Evolution of the Concept of Sensory Gardens in the Generally Accessible Space of a Large City: Analysis of Multiple Cases from Kraków (Poland) Using the Therapeutic Space Attribute Rating Method. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5904 .
AMA StyleIzabela Krzeptowska-Moszkowicz, Łukasz Moszkowicz, Karolina Porada. Evolution of the Concept of Sensory Gardens in the Generally Accessible Space of a Large City: Analysis of Multiple Cases from Kraków (Poland) Using the Therapeutic Space Attribute Rating Method. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):5904.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIzabela Krzeptowska-Moszkowicz; Łukasz Moszkowicz; Karolina Porada. 2021. "Evolution of the Concept of Sensory Gardens in the Generally Accessible Space of a Large City: Analysis of Multiple Cases from Kraków (Poland) Using the Therapeutic Space Attribute Rating Method." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 5904.
Łukasz Moszkowicz; Izabela Krzeptowska-Moszkowicz. Impact of Public Parks Location in Cities on Richness and Diversity of Herbaceous Vascular Plants on the Example of Cracow (Southern Poland). Plants in Urban Areas and Landscape :: PUAL 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleŁukasz Moszkowicz, Izabela Krzeptowska-Moszkowicz. Impact of Public Parks Location in Cities on Richness and Diversity of Herbaceous Vascular Plants on the Example of Cracow (Southern Poland). Plants in Urban Areas and Landscape :: PUAL. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleŁukasz Moszkowicz; Izabela Krzeptowska-Moszkowicz. 2020. "Impact of Public Parks Location in Cities on Richness and Diversity of Herbaceous Vascular Plants on the Example of Cracow (Southern Poland)." Plants in Urban Areas and Landscape :: PUAL , no. : 1.
Izabela Krzeptowska-Moszkowicz; Łukasz Moszkowicz. Historia botaniki podczas 57. Zjazdu Polskiego Towarzystwa Botanicznego w Lublinie. Wiadomości Botaniczne 2018, 61, 1 .
AMA StyleIzabela Krzeptowska-Moszkowicz, Łukasz Moszkowicz. Historia botaniki podczas 57. Zjazdu Polskiego Towarzystwa Botanicznego w Lublinie. Wiadomości Botaniczne. 2018; 61 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIzabela Krzeptowska-Moszkowicz; Łukasz Moszkowicz. 2018. "Historia botaniki podczas 57. Zjazdu Polskiego Towarzystwa Botanicznego w Lublinie." Wiadomości Botaniczne 61, no. : 1.
Plant diaspore dispersal is a fundamental process affecting the development of forest vegetation and its natural regeneration, especially with regard to typical woodland species, which spread slowly and form short-term soil seed banks. Most of these species have poor seed dispersal mechanisms, which is the major cause of their very slow expansion.The following questions were asked: (i) is there a relationship between the age of a woodland and the presence of forest vascular plant species representing different seed dispersal types; (ii) how do the proportions change between species representing different seed dispersal types in relation to the age of woodland; (iii) what factors determine the presence of species representing a given seed dispersal type; (iv) which factors affect the presence and which ones influence the abundance of selected woodland species? A multiple regression models were developed based on data obtained from 144 woodland patches designated for the study. A probit regression analysis was performed for selected species exhibiting various seed dispersal models.Woodland plants of all seed dispersal types show a significant relationship with the age of woodland, starting from the strongest linkage: anemochores, myrmecochores, endozoochores, epizoochores, barochores, autochores. As the woodland ages, the proportion of forest myrmecochores and anemochores grows, whilst the proportion of autochores, epizoochores and endozoochores shrinks. Results obtained indicate that the direct proximity of ancient woodland has a major effect on the occurrence of more poorly dispersing plants in recent woodlands, such as myrmecochores and heavy anemochores.
Łukasz Moszkowicz. Distribution of vascular plant species in woodland patches of Ojców National Park (southern Poland) in relation to seed dispersal. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 2016, 85, 1 .
AMA StyleŁukasz Moszkowicz. Distribution of vascular plant species in woodland patches of Ojców National Park (southern Poland) in relation to seed dispersal. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae. 2016; 85 (1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleŁukasz Moszkowicz. 2016. "Distribution of vascular plant species in woodland patches of Ojców National Park (southern Poland) in relation to seed dispersal." Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 85, no. 1: 1.
Woodlands in different regions of Central Europe are mosaics diversified by floristic richness and age. The age of woodlands is understanded as the period of permanent existence of woodland phytocenosies, or at least a woodland site, without any transformations, even for a short period of time, to agricultural fields or any other areas managed in different ways. Forests which occur in identical habitats are often differentiated of their species richness. Data gathered from studies carried out to date, indicate that the age of a forest plays a significant role in the way plant communities develop. This relationship, however, is modified by a number of other factors. In this paper, an attempt was made to answer the following questions: 1) are there any differences in this relationship between woodland age and richness, and species composition of recent and ancient forests, 2) does the age of a forest affect the richness of vascular plant species in the layers of their vertical structure, the number of species of various phytosociological groups, 3) which of the selected factors affecting the processes of migration and colonization, alongside age, affect the richness of species noted in forest communities. The Ojców National Park (OPN) was chosen as a study area because its forests are diversified by age, from the younger than 71 to the older than 216 years and because the history of the forests there have been well documented. Age of selected woodland patches was determined using a ‘Map of distribution woodlands of different age in the Ojców National Park’, whereas the remaining factors were either measured or determined in the field or using available sources. In order to establish relationships, a multiple regression model was used. The results obtained in the study prove that, in OPN, the age of the forest is the principal factor affecting the overall number of vascular species. Old forests are most abundant in species, and many plant taxa occur only in such forests. Within the same age classes, the number of taxa is often diversified because of the impact of habitat factors e.g., humidity, and it is also linked to the history of the development of these forests. The factors which affect the species richness in a particularly beneficial way is the presence of rocks, as well as the diverse relief of a given area. Much less significant are exposure and inclination of the terrain. The age of a forest significantly affects the number of species in the herb layer, whereas it does not demonstrate significant correlations with respect to shrub or tree layers. The number of species in fertile deciduous forests are also positively affected, whereas no such relations were found in coniferous forest species. The results also indicate that the forest’s surface area, along with a specific combination of factors, may only have a limited effect on the richness of plant species in the area.
Łukasz Moszkowicz. Relationship Between Plant Species Richness and Age of Woodland Patches (Ojców National Park, Poland). Polish Journal of Ecology 2014, 62, 649 -664.
AMA StyleŁukasz Moszkowicz. Relationship Between Plant Species Richness and Age of Woodland Patches (Ojców National Park, Poland). Polish Journal of Ecology. 2014; 62 (4):649-664.
Chicago/Turabian StyleŁukasz Moszkowicz. 2014. "Relationship Between Plant Species Richness and Age of Woodland Patches (Ojców National Park, Poland)." Polish Journal of Ecology 62, no. 4: 649-664.
Izabela Krzeptowska-Moszkowicz; Łukasz Moszkowicz. Selected problems of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle presence in urban spaces: the case of the city centre of Kraków. Plants in Urban Areas and Landscape 2014, 57 -63.
AMA StyleIzabela Krzeptowska-Moszkowicz, Łukasz Moszkowicz. Selected problems of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle presence in urban spaces: the case of the city centre of Kraków. Plants in Urban Areas and Landscape. 2014; ():57-63.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIzabela Krzeptowska-Moszkowicz; Łukasz Moszkowicz. 2014. "Selected problems of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle presence in urban spaces: the case of the city centre of Kraków." Plants in Urban Areas and Landscape , no. : 57-63.