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An index for description of landscape use by cattle [PDF]
Journal of Range Management, 2003 Understanding the role of landscape diversity in livestock distribution patterns is an important consideration for design of effective grazing systems. The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate a Distribution Evenness Index (DEI) based on the Shannon-Wiener index to characterize cattle distribution patterns for a heterogenous landscape ...
Haitao Zuo, Mary S. Miller-Goodman
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Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2022 [Objective] The temporal and spatial differentiation of land use and land cover change of the Lijiang River basin during 2000—2020 was analyzed in order to provide a basis for spatial governance for coordinated human activities and ecological security ...
Zhang Junmin, Li Yuqiao, Rong Cheng
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Land, 2021 Protecting areas of important ecological value is one of the main approaches to safeguarding the Earth’s ecosystems. However, the long-term effectiveness of protected areas is often uncertain.
Benhui Zhu, Shizuka Hashimoto
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IEEE Access, 2020 In recent years, the high-speed urbanization process and human activities have led to the fragmentation and the connectivity reduction of natural landscape patches, resulting in the degradation of urban ecological services and biodiversity.
Chulin Chen +4 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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Dynamic Landscape Fragmentation and the Driving Forces on Haitan Island, China
Land, 2022 Island ecosystems have distinct and unique vulnerabilities that place them at risk from threats to their ecology and socioeconomics. Spatially exhibiting the fragmentation process of island landscapes and identifying their driving factors are the ...
Jingwen Ai +4 more
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An analysis of the slow city movement in the context of landscape indicators: A new criteria proposal [PDF]
Spatium, 2023 The research aims to identify new landscape indicators assessing the physical characteristics and structure of the “slow cities” identified by the Slow City (Cittaslow) Movement.
Tokuş Coşgun Müge, Erdem Kaya Meltem
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The Relationship between Urban Sprawl and Farmland Displacement in the Pearl River Delta, China
Land, 2013 China is rapidly urbanizing and will inevitably face trade-offs between promoting economic growth through further urbanization and protecting fertile farmland against accelerated urban expansion. This paper presents how this dilemma is being addressed in
Shiqiang Du +2 more
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Urban Science, 2020 For decades, urban sprawl has remained a major challenge for big cities in developing countries, such as Bamako. The aim of this study is to analyze urban sprawl pattern changes over time in the Bamako district using landscape index analyses.
Moussa Aliou Keita, Renzong Ruan, Ru An
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Landscape ecological risk assessment of chongming dongtan wetland in shanghai from 1990 to 2020
Environmental Research Communications, 2023 Landscape ecological risk assessment can assess the stability, vulnerability, and anti-interference ability of the ecosystem based on the characteristics, structure, and function of the landscape in order to determine the degree and distribution of ...
Yong Cao +6 more
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