Chapter 1 The Functional Approach to Agricultural Landscape Analysis ..................... 1 Lech Ryszkowski Chapter 2 Development of Agriculture and Its Impact on Landscape Functions ............... 9 Lech Ryszkowski and Janusz Jankowiak Chapter 3 Mitigation of Radiation and Heat Balance Structure by Plant Cover Structure ... 29 Janusz Olejnik, Andrzej Kedziora, and Frank Eulenstein Chapter 4 Water Balance in Agricultural Landscape and Options for Its Management by Change in Plant Cover Structure of Landscape ............................... 57 Andrzej Kedziora, Janusz Olejnik, and Frank Eulenstein Chapter 5 Control of Diffuse Pollution by Mid-Field Shelterbelts and Meadow Strips ..... 111 Lech Ryszkowski, Lech Szajdak, Alina Bartoszewicz, and Irena Zyczynska-Baloniak Chapter 6 Implementation of Riparian Buffer Systems for Landscape Management ........... 145 Richard Lowrance and Susan R. Crow Chapter 7 Dissolved Organic Substances in Water Bodies of Agricultural Landscapes ...... 159 Barbara Szpakowska Chapter 8 Influence of Landscape Mosaic Structures on Diversity of Wild Plant and Animal Communities in Agricultural Landscapes of Poland .................. 185 Lech Ryszkowski, Jerzy Karg, Krzysztof Kujawa, Hanna Goldyn, and Ewa Arczynska-Chudy Chapter 9 Field Boundary Habitats for Wildlife, Crop, and Environmental Protection ..... 219 Jon Marshall, Jacques Baudry, Francoise Burel, Wouter Joenje, Barbel Gerowitt, Maurizio Paoletti, George Thomas, David Kleijn, Didier Le Coeur, and Camilla Moonen Chapter 10 Changes in Landscape Diversity Patterns in the Province of Wielkopolska, Poland, Influenced by Agriculture ............................................ 249 Andrzej Mizgajski Chapter 11 The Impact of Agriculture on the Environment of the Northern Parisian Basin ........................................................................ 263 Stanislas Wicherek Chapter 12 Models Assessing the Impact of Land-Use Change in Rural Areas on Development of Environmental Threats and Their Use for Agricultural Politics ..................................................................... 277 Armin Werner and Peter Zander Chapter 13 Ecological Guidelines for the Management of Afforestations in Rural Areas .... 299 Stanislaw Balazy Chapter 14 Land Units and the Biodiversity of Forest Islets: From Satellite Images to Ground Analysis ........................................................... 317 Marc Galochet, Vincent Godard, and Micheline Hotyat Chapter 15 Agrolandscape Ecology in the 21st Century .................................... 331 Gary W. Barrett and Laura E. Skelton Chapter 16 Agriculture and Landscape Ecology ............................................ 341 Lech Ryszkowski Index ........................................................................ 349