Abstract
The aim of this study is to indicate the relationships between the landscape structure and vegetation types of fallow paddy field, abandoned paddy fields and semi-natural grassland in Kanto Plains by using Rural Landscape Information System (RuLIS). RuLIS developed for regional survey by the Institute for Agro-Environmental Science (NIAES) was built to collect ecological data efficiently because of the conservation of biodiversity in rural landscape area. All sampled stands were classified into 10 vegetation types by cluster analysis and INSPAN (Indicator Species Analysis). Divisions of natural structure were related to some vegetation types, and then we executed determining each vegetation type were detected positively by using multiple regression analysis. These results support the conclusion that vegetation types is produced from landscape structure and landscape history.
