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MODEL FOR ASSESSING THE ECOLOGICAL AND LANDSCAPE VALUE OF A PARK IN THE URBAN ECOSYSTEM
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This study analyzed the vegetation structure and the ecosystem and landscape attributes within a park in Timisoara, Romania, in the context of the current ecoclimatic urban environment conditions. The "Regina Maria" Park in Timisoara, Romania, which is the oldest park in Timisoara, was studied. The study used in situ study methods for vegetation inventory and vegetation study by age class (EC), height (H, m), crown diameter (CD, m), and structure volume (SV). Ecological value (EV) and landscape value (LV) were quantified. The result was a series of 743 inventoried specimens. The results showed a variable correlation between functional ecosystem parameters EV (r = 0.595 to r = 0.883; p less than 0.001) and LV (r = 0.573 to r = 0.834; p less than 0.001) with morphological parameters of vegetation. Quadratic polynomial models have described the variation of EV and LV about morphological parameters as a direct and interaction effect (p less than 0.001). In the case of EV, the fuse was recorded, with R2 = 0.712 (in the case of EV, AC parameters) to R2 = 0.885 (in the case of H, CD parameters). In the case of LV, statistical certainty was recorded at the level of R2 = 0.581 (in the case of parameters H, SV), up to R2 = 0.729 (in the case of parameters AC, H).
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