Foreword...9 // Roman Soja - Regime of the water level oscillations of the Dobczyce Reservoir.11 // Stefan Skiba, Marek Drewnik, RafaiSzmuc-The soil cover in Gaik-Brzezowa (Wieliczka Foothills)...21 // Helena lrzcinska-Tacik, Alina Stachurska-Swakon - Plant communities and their changes in the surroundings of the Dobczyce Reservoir (Southern Poland)...31 // Janina Trepinska — Multi-annual course of air temperature and precipitation in Cracow, Gaik-Brzezowa and Szymbark (1971-1997)...73 // Zygmunt Olecki - Differentiation of the solar conditions in the Carpathian Foothills during 1971-1997 ...97 // Barbara Obr$bska-Starkel- Influence of the water reservoir on // the transformation of the ecoclimate of the Foothill Oak-Hornbeam // forest Tilio-Carpinetum in Gaik-Brzezowa...111 // Barbara Obr$bska-Starkel- Perspectives of the studies // at the Wieliczka Foothills...199 // Summary...203