Pola uprawne i użytki zielone we współczesnym krajobrazie rolniczym
Cultivated fields and green use areas in contemporary agricultural landscape

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents definitions of landscape according to different criteria. An attempt was also made at characterizing the agricultural landscape considering its basic components, i.e. cultivated fields and green use land. The major threats to functioning of contemporary agriculture and areas of conflict between development and protection of agricultural landscape were identified. Additionally, a proposal for systemic and local solutions aimed at preventing of liquidating those threats was presented. It was concluded that landscape formed by agriculture is characterized by spatial variability resulting from the form of use and differentiated contents of biocenoses, which in turn results in seasonal differences in color and height depending on the species of crop and its development phase. Additionally it varies and is volatile over time; colorful and interesting from lavish development of plants in the spring until harvest and later generally monotonous, gray and unattractive.

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