摘要：The calamity windstorm in November 2004 caused dramatic changes of land cover in the Tatra Mountains. Thebora have destroyed then more than 12,000 ha of forest and principally affected the habitat structure in the Tatra NationalPark. The aim of this contribution is to quantify changes in forest fragmentation in 2000 and 2006. We present forest fragmentationmaps related to the years 2000 and 2006. The CORINE Land Cover data layers CLC 2000 and CLC 2006 convertedto raster format were used as the input data in the process of forest fragmentation assessment. Forest pixels were classifiedaccording to fragmentation indices measured within the surrounding landscape as the forest core, forest patch, forestedge, and perforated forest. Decrease of the compact forest areas (forest core) by about9%was recorded. On the other side,increased percentage of disrupted forest areas was observed. Decrease of the area of the CLC forest classes (classes 311, 312and 313) on land cover maps from 2000 and 2006 was connected with an increased number of transitional woodland/shrubspolygons (CLC class 324). These results suggest a temporary fragmentation with possible forest regeneration. On the otherhand, forest destruction in the National Park facilitated the development of travel and tourism (new hotels, ski parks, etc.).An increased number of construction sites (CLC class 133) indicate that an urban sprawl associated with a permanent forestfragmentation can be also expected in the future.
关键词：forest fragmentation; CORINE Land Cover; landscape change; windstorm calamity; Tatra region
