Anthropogenic modification of the landscapes of the Skole Beskids (Ukrainian Carpathians)

Abstract

Using landscape maps and satellite images, the anthropogenic load on natural territorial complexes was analyzed and the degree of their anthropogenic modification was assessed using the methodology of scoring scales. The main types of anthropogenic pressure on the territory of the Skole Beskids are distributed as follows: forestry covers 81.5% of its area, which is associated with minor or rapidly changing, meadow farming - 15.2% and settlement - 3.3%. In general, this is a physiographic region of the Ukrainian Carpathians that has been little changed by human activity. The average value of anthropogenic modification is 128.6 points and indicates that it is characterized by the second stage of weak anthropogenic modification. The anthropogenic load of the plane character is analyzed in detail and the anthropogenic modification of the Dobzhansky landscape is calculated.