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A landscape index of ecological integrity to inform landscape conservation
Landscape Ecology, 2018 Conservation planning is increasingly using “coarse filters” based on the idea of conserving “nature’s stage”. One such approach is based on ecosystems and the concept of ecological integrity, although myriad ways exist to measure ecological integrity.
Kevin McGarigal +6 more
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Multiple ecosystem services landscape index: A tool for multifunctional landscapes conservation
Journal of Environmental Management, 2015 The contribution of ecosystems to human well-being has been widely recognised. Taking into account existing trade-offs between ecosystem services (ES) at the farm scale and the dependence of multiple ES on processes that take place at the landscape scale, long-term preservation of multifunctional landscapes must be a priority.
Rodríguez Loinaz, Gloria +2 more
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Wetness index based on landscape position and topography (WILT): Modifying TWI to reflect landscape position [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Management, 2020 Water and land resource management planning benefits greatly from accurate prediction and understanding of the spatial distribution of wetness. The topographic wetness index (TWI) was conceived to predict relative surface wetness, and thus hydrologic responsiveness, across a watershed based on the assumption that shallow slope-parallel flow is a major ...
Menberu B. Meles +4 more
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Connecting soundscape to landscape: Which acoustic index best describes landscape configuration? [PDF]
Ecological Indicators, 2015 Abstract Soundscape assessment has been proposed as a remote ecological monitoring tool for measuring biodiversity, but few studies have examined how soundscape patterns vary with landscape configuration and condition. The goal of our study was to examine a suite of published acoustic indices to determine whether they provide comparable results ...
Susan Fuller +3 more
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Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 2017 Development of roads can have deleterious effects on natural habitats containing species of conservation concern. Fragmentation of habitat into small, non-contiguous patches may result in dramatic population declinesthus appropriate studies quantifying ...
Shekoufeh Nematollahi +2 more
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Landscape Resistance Index Aiming At Functional Forest Connectivity [PDF]
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2021 Abstract The terrestrial surface is the basis for defining the species dispersion paths and overcoming the matrix resistance. In this approach, connecting paths with high levels of integrity must avoid barriers and anthropized areas. In this context, the main objective of this study was to develop the Landscape Resistance Index based on ...
Ivan, Vanderley-Silva +1 more
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Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2022 [Objective] The impact of scenic spot expansion on the land use pattern of Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was analyzed in order to provide a theoretical reference for coping with the risks brought by a surge in tourism demand, leading to ...
Wu Zhenhua +3 more
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Literature Review on Farmland Landscape Pattern Change Analysis [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 Farmland landscape pattern refers to the composition and spatial distribution of landscape elements in a certain spatial range. Farmland landscape pattern formation has natural, historical, cultural and other factors.
Mu Zhezhe
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Assessment of changes in environmental factors in a tourism-oriented Island
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 Tourism development has influenced industrial structure changes and has become a major driving force for China's new urbanization. However, the development will negatively impact natural resources and the ecological environment and will become an ...
Zhipeng Shi +5 more
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Land, 2021 Industrialization and urbanization have led to continuous urban development. The rapid change in land-use type and extent has a significant impact on the capacity of ecosystem services. Changes in the landscape pattern of roads, rivers, railway stations,
Ren Yang, Baoqing Qin, Yuancheng Lin
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