Search Results - "Landscape ecology"

Karst landscapes of China: patterns, ecosystem processes and services by Wang, Kelin, Zhang, Chunhua, Chen, Hongsong, Yue, Yueming, Zhang, Wei, Zhang, Mingyang, Qi, Xiangkun, Fu, Zhiyong

“…Context The karst region of southwestern China, one of the largest continuous karsts in the world, is known for its unique landscapes and rich biodiversity…”
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Grassland ecosystem services: a systematic review of research advances and future directions by Zhao, Yuanyuan, Liu, Zhifeng, Wu, Jianguo

“…Context Grasslands provide a variety of ecosystem services (ESs) for humans. While much ES research has focused on forests and wetlands, synthesizing the…”
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Construction and optimization of an ecological network based on morphological spatial pattern analysis and circuit theory by An, Yi, Liu, Shiliang, Sun, Yongxiu, Shi, Fangning, Beazley, Robert

“…Context Regional ecological networks play an important role in biodiversity conservation and should be constructed and optimized for continued ecosystem…”
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The impact of urbanization and climate change on urban temperatures: a systematic review by Chapman, Sarah, Watson, James E. M., Salazar, Alvaro, Thatcher, Marcus, McAlpine, Clive A.

“…Context Cities have elevated temperatures compared to rural areas, a phenomenon known as the “urban heat island”. Higher temperatures increase the risk of…”
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Landscape sustainability science (II): core questions and key approaches by Wu, Jianguo

“…Context A background assumption of landscape approaches is that some landscape patterns are more sustainable than others, and thus searching for these patterns…”
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Multi-scale habitat selection modeling: a review and outlook by McGarigal, Kevin, Wan, Ho Yi, Zeller, Kathy A., Timm, Brad C., Cushman, Samuel A.

“…Context Scale is the lens that focuses ecological relationships. Organisms select habitat at multiple hierarchical levels and at different spatial and/or…”
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Linking ecological background and demand to identify ecological security patterns across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in China by Jiang, Hong, Peng, Jian, Dong, Jianquan, Zhang, Zimo, Xu, Zihan, Meersmans, Jeroen

“…Context Ecological security pattern (ESP) can maintain regional ecological security and thus support sustainable development. ESP should not only protect…”
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Habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation: key findings and future challenges by Wilson, Maxwell C., Chen, Xiao-Yong, Corlett, Richard T., Didham, Raphael K., Ding, Ping, Holt, Robert D., Holyoak, Marcel, Hu, Guang, Hughes, Alice C., Jiang, Lin, Laurance, William F., Liu, Jiajia, Pimm, Stuart L., Robinson, Scott K., Russo, Sabrina E., Si, Xingfeng, Wilcove, David S., Wu, Jianguo, Yu, Mingjian

“…Habitat loss and fragmentation has long been considered the primary cause for biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation worldwide, and is a key research…”
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Integrating ecosystem services and rocky desertification into identification of karst ecological security pattern by Gao, Jiangbo, Du, Fujun, Zuo, Liyuan, Jiang, Yuan

“…Context Most researchers focus on the identification of ecological security pattern. However, there is a lack of research on the ecological security pattern of…”
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Landscape sustainability science: ecosystem services and human well-being in changing landscapes by Wu, Jianguo

“…The future of humanity depends on whether or not we have a vision to guide our transition toward sustainability, on scales ranging from local landscapes to the…”
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The effects of landscape patterns on ecosystem services: meta-analyses of landscape services by Duarte, Gabriela Teixeira, Santos, Paloma Marques, Cornelissen, Tatiana Garabini, Ribeiro, Milton Cezar, Paglia, Adriano Pereira

“…Purpose The recently introduced concept of ‘landscape services’—ecosystem services influenced by landscape patterns—may be particularly useful in landscape…”
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An evaluation framework for designing ecological security patterns and prioritizing ecological corridors: application in Jiangsu Province, China by Xiao, Shancai, Wu, Wenjun, Guo, Jie, Ou, Minghao, Pueppke, Steven G., Ou, Weixin, Tao, Yu

“…Context The major goal of ecological security patterns (ESPs) is to identify key ecological sources and corridors, which play an important role in achieving…”
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Wetlands, carbon, and climate change by Mitsch, William J., Bernal, Blanca, Nahlik, Amanda M., Mander, Ülo, Zhang, Li, Anderson, Christopher J., Jørgensen, Sven E., Brix, Hans

“…Wetland ecosystems provide an optimum natural environment for the sequestration and long-term storage of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the atmosphere, yet are…”
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Integrating regional and interregional approaches to identify ecological security patterns by Dong, Jianquan, Peng, Jian, Xu, Zihan, Liu, Yanxu, Wang, Xiaoyu, Li, Bing

“…Context As an important type of sustainable landscape patterns, ecological security patterns focus on the spatial assessment of landscape function importance…”
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Building green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience to climate change and pandemics by Pamukcu-Albers, Pinar, Ugolini, Francesca, La Rosa, Daniele, Grădinaru, Simona R., Azevedo, João C., Wu, Jianguo

“…The looming climate crisis and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the importance of green infrastructure in and around cities, prompting an urgent…”
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Sustainable land use and management research: a scientometric review by Xie, Hualin, Zhang, Yanwei, Zeng, Xiaoji, He, Yafen

“…Context The study of sustainable land use reflects the interdisciplinary characteristics of land science, geography, ecology and sustainability science. In…”
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Scenario-based ecological security patterns to indicate landscape sustainability: a case study on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Fan, Feifei, Liu, Yanxu, Chen, Jixing, Dong, Jianquan

“…Context When setting the goal of landscape sustainability in landscape management, a key theoretical question should be which landscape patterns are more…”
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Estimating landscape resistance to movement: a review by Zeller, Katherine A., McGarigal, Kevin, Whiteley, Andrew R.

“…Resistance surfaces are often used to fill gaps in our knowledge surrounding animal movement and are frequently the basis for modeling connectivity associated…”
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What determines the spatial extent of landscape effects on species? by Miguet, Paul, Jackson, Heather B., Jackson, Nathan D., Martin, Amanda E., Fahrig, Lenore

“…Context Landscape ecologists are often interested in measuring the effects of an environmental variable on a biological response; however, the strength and…”
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Supplying urban ecosystem services through multifunctional green infrastructure in the United States by Lovell, Sarah Taylor, Taylor, John R.

“…This paper summarizes a strategy for supplying ecosystem services in urban areas through a participatory planning process targeting multifunctional green…”
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