Landscape Ecology - Hausjournal von IALE
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| In search of Schrödinger’s patch: a functional approach to habitat delineation | ||
| Mittwoch, 21. Januar 2026 | ||
| Context The effective delineation of habitat is crucial for understanding drivers of habitat loss and fragmentation, and their effects on biodiversity outcomes at local to global scales. The concept of the habitat patch is central to this process but presents both theoretical and methodological challenges related to the seemingly irreconcilable tendency of habitat to simultaneously exhibit characteristics of both gradation and aggregation. This apparent contradiction... | ||
| Is the definition of ‘industrial landscape’ still valid? review and synthesis | ||
| Dienstag, 20. Januar 2026 | ||
| Context ‘Industrial landscape’ is a term broadly used in the landscape literature. However, it remains a concept that requires further analysis, reconsideration, and updating, as it was based mainly on the imaginary formed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which was as a product of the first phase of the Industrial Revolution. Objectives This study aims to contextualise and typologise the concept... | ||
| Unraveling climate–land cover interactions: how SSP–RCP scenarios drive ecosystem service trade-offs in contrasting Yangtze and Yellow River Basins, China | ||
| Montag, 19. Januar 2026 | ||
| Context Under global climate change and intensified human activities, the Yangtze River Basin (YZRB) and Yellow River Basin (YRB) face escalating challenges to ecosystem services (ESs), including water scarcity and biodiversity loss. Understanding ES dynamics is essential for sustainable landscape management. Objectives This study aimed to (1) predict spatiotemporal changes in land cover and ESs from 2030 to... | ||
| The soundscape of the olive grove: a systematic review within the mediterranean context | ||
| Montag, 19. Januar 2026 | ||
| Context Intensive agriculture and climate change degrade Mediterranean ecosystems such as olive groves, the paradigm of the region. Soundscape ecology emerges as an innovative tool to monitor these habitats and support sustainable management practices. Objectives (1) To ascertain the state of the art in studies on the acoustic environment of Mediterranean olive groves, (2) to examine the methodological... | ||
| Deep ocean seascape ecology: gaps and pathways for application | ||
| Sonntag, 18. Januar 2026 | ||
| Context The ecological implications of multiscale spatial heterogeneity remain poorly resolved in many parts of the ocean, especially at abyssal (3000–6000 m) and hadal (> 6000 m) depths. Seascape ecology offers a framework to link spatial patterns with ecological processes but remains an emerging approach for biodiversity research in the deep sea. Objectives We aim to promote wider recognition of... | ||
| Getting edgy: implications of fragmented seagrass meadows for fish assemblages | ||
| Dienstag, 13. Januar 2026 | ||
| Context Seagrasses are key marine habitats that are increasingly degraded globally due to anthropogenic disturbances and climate change, compromising the ecosystem services they provide. While seagrass loss is often patchy, the ecological consequences of meadow fragmentation on marine fauna remains unclear. Objectives This study (1) quantified decadal change in seagrass habitat and fragmentation of the globally... | ||
| Beyond the patch: leveraging functional habitat delineation in fragmentation-biodiversity research | ||
| Dienstag, 13. Januar 2026 | ||
| Context Theoretical and methodological developments in the field of fragmentation-biodiversity research continue to rely on the central concept of the habitat patch where patch size and number are considered particularly relevant to spatially structured ecological communities. However, although great interest has been shown in the effects of habitat fragmentation, appropriate methods for the spatial delineation of habitat have not received equal attention. In this paper... | ||
| Roads as dynamic stressors: physiological response of mule deer to roads differs during range residency and migration | ||
| Samstag, 10. Januar 2026 | ||
| Context Wildlife responses to disturbance may include physiological stress responses that are often difficult to observe yet important for wildlife health. Coupling physiological biologgers with tracking data can identify anthropogenic features associated with stress responses. Diagnosing when, where, and the response to stressors, along with how species may habituate or sensitize to stressors over time, is crucial for conservation efforts... | ||
| Daily ecological resilience dynamics under multiple hazards for spatially explicit ecological intervention strategies: Insights from Beijing’s 2023 extreme rainfall event | ||
| Freitag, 09. Januar 2026 | ||
| Context Global warming has intensified extreme rainfall events, defined as precipitation well above norms, which pose a threat to urban sustainability. Yet daily urban ecological resilience dynamics or secondary hazard responses are often overlooked, limiting our understanding of ecosystem recovery under multiple hazards. Objectives Our study aims to fill this knowledge gap by quantifying daily urban ecological... | ||
| The spatial demography of the coral Pocillopora aliciae at its poleward range limit in Sydney (34 S), Australia | ||
| Freitag, 09. Januar 2026 | ||
| Context Range shifts and altered dominance patterns of habitat-forming species are changing the seascape structure of temperate marine ecosystems. Yet, the role of intraspecific interactions in mediating establishment and growth of newly arriving populations at range-edges remains poorly understood, limiting predictions of persistence in marginal habitats. Objectives We examined the spatial demography of the... | ||
| Connectivity indices can predict population persistence in river networks: insights from a metapopulation model | ||
| Donnerstag, 08. Januar 2026 | ||
| Context Connectivity across river networks facilitates species movement and ecological processes that contribute to freshwater biodiversity. Certain indices provide measures of connectivity to focus conservation planning. Objectives Our objective was to test whether commonly used connectivity indicators based on network structure can reliably predict population persistence... | ||
| Paleolithic exploitation of scarce chert sources in the sandstone canyons of the Hisma Basin, southern Jordan | ||
| Montag, 05. Januar 2026 | ||
| Context Archaeological studies of lithic raw materials have provided key insights into how prehistoric hunter-gatherers adapted to their landscapes. In the Levant, researchers have often examined the distribution and variability of chert to reconstruct its procurement and transport for lithic production. Objectives This study focuses on the Hisma Basin in southern Jordan, where chert exposures are limited, with the aim of... | ||
| Causal machine learning methods for understanding land use and land cover change | ||
| Sonntag, 28. Dezember 2025 | ||
| Context Understanding the roles of different drivers in land use and land cover change (LULCC) is a critical research challenge. However, as LULCC is the result of complex, socio-ecological processes and is highly context dependent, achieving such understanding is difficult. This is particularly true for causal modelling approaches that are critical for effective policy formulation. Causal machine learning (ML) methods could help address this challenge, but are as yet poorly... | ||
| Daily and monthly movement patterns shape bobcat home range size in two different landscapes | ||
| Sonntag, 28. Dezember 2025 | ||
| Context Animal home ranges result from decisions made in response to environmental conditions and may expand or shift in fragmented landscapes where movement is more energetically costly. Although many mesocarnivores have recolonized fragmented agricultural areas of the central United States following extirpations, how they adjust movement to these altered landscapes remains unclear. Objectives We aimed to investigate the... | ||
| Canopy height and its spatial heterogeneity predominantly determine damages to tropical forests by major hurricanes, with a mitigating legacy effect of drought | ||
| Sonntag, 28. Dezember 2025 | ||
| Context The severity of damage to tropical forests by hurricanes is determined by the interplay between disturbance strength and resistance of forests. While major hurricanes often follow a warming period with severe drought, there has been no quantitative assessment of the legacy of drought on responses of tropical forests to major hurricanes. Objectives We aim to derive factors that determine landscape spatial distribution of... | ||
| Accounting for spatial heterogeneity in trapping pressure and its impact on population dynamics of sympatric pine and stone martens | ||
| Sonntag, 28. Dezember 2025 | ||
| Context The consequences of human exploitation of animal populations remain poorly understood, particularly for populations experiencing spatially-varying harvesting intensity and exposure. If unaccounted for, this heterogeneity may lead to inappropriate harvesting policies. Methods We developed a spatially-explicit individual-based model to evaluate the effects of such spatially heterogeneous harvesting on the population dynamics... | ||
| Scale-dependent foraging behaviour and habitat associations of two sympatric marine top predators | ||
| Samstag, 27. Dezember 2025 | ||
| Context Theoretical research has considered how animals should optimise foraging strategies to maximise fitness, adapting search scale to exploit different habitats and minimise competition. Empirical studies have described multi-scale area-restricted search (ARS) strategies for some species, but the physical and biological mechanisms underpinning such behaviour are rarely studied. Objectives Our objectives were to quantify the... | ||
| Data integration reveals that a statewide corridor initiative maintains greater wild turkey relative abundance and occupancy | ||
| Mittwoch, 24. Dezember 2025 | ||
| Context Wildlife corridors have been proposed to strategically conserve wildlife habitat such that it facilitates connectivity between populations to allow dispersal, geneflow, and species migrations as the climate changes. However, few empirical examples have demonstrated the effectiveness of landscape-scale wildlife corridors. The Florida Wildlife Corridor (FLWC) includes 7.3 million hectares of connected undeveloped lands in Florida, USA, offering a real-world opportunity... | ||
| Does building height influence bird diversity in urban landscapes? | ||
| Mittwoch, 24. Dezember 2025 | ||
| Context Urbanization impacts biodiversity through changes in horizontal and vertical structures. While impervious cover is well-studied, the role of building height remains underexplored at a broad scale. Objectives This study aimed (1) to assess whether building height differed statistically from impervious cover and NDVI in explaining bird diversity in cities, and (2) to assess the impacts of building height in conjunction with... | ||
| A review of alternative cost layers for spatial prioritization tools | ||
| Mittwoch, 24. Dezember 2025 | ||
| Context Systematic Conservation Planning (SCP) seeks to optimize biodiversity outcomes under real-world constraints, including limited financial and social resources. Integrating cost data into spatial prioritization tools is essential for effective conservation, yet current applications lack consistent guidance on the selection and use of cost metrics. Objectives This study aims to develop a structured roadmap for cost... | ||