Landscape Ecology - house journal of IALE
The Association works in close collaboration with Springer to produce the major journal in the field, Landscape Ecology . This journal, first time published in 1984, became the flagship journal in the rapidly developing fields of ecology and sustainability science of landscapes. The journal focuses on highly inter- and transdisciplinary studies, aggregating expertise from biological, geophysical, and social sciences to explore the formation, dynamics and consequences of spatial heterogeneity in natural and human-dominated landscapes. Members get free access to the journal. Below you'll find the most recentc articles published in Landscape Ecology:
| Latest Results | ||
| The latest content available from Springer | ||
| Correction: Incorporating ecosystem services into ecosystem-based management to deal with complexity: a participative mental model approach | ||
| Mittwoch, 21. Mai 2025 | ||
| Unravelling the range expansion of a migratory waterbird: environmental factors underlying the selection of new breeding colonies by the Eurasian spoonbill | ||
| Dienstag, 20. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context While wetland degradation has caused declines in many species, the Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), a colonial waterbird, is increasing along the East Atlantic Flyway, currently (re)colonising its former breeding range over the past two decades. Objectives Evaluate the environmental parameters determining the species distribution in Portugal, and assess whether range expansion can be driven by environmental... | ||
| Delimiting urban growth boundaries for oases by incorporating the protection of ecosystem services and modes of urban expansion: a case study of China’s drylands | ||
| Montag, 19. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context Delimiting urban growth boundaries (UGBs) in oases is crucial for reducing the negative effects of urban expansion on fragile ecosystems and requires integrating ecological protection with different urban expansion modes. However, existing methods fail to combine these two elements. Objectives This study aims to develop a new approach for delimiting UGBs in oases by incorporating the protection of ecosystem services and... | ||
| Small habitats as sources of food for pollinators and frugivores in fragmented landscapes | ||
| Sonntag, 18. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context Habitat loss and land use homogenization cause a decline in biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Plant community in small landscape features which remain post-land use change (small natural or semi-natural habitats) may overlap with plant community in semi-natural grasslands and buffer species decline in landscapes where little or no grassland remains. Objectives We explored if small natural or semi-natural habitats... | ||
| A novel method to assess spatio-temporal habitat availability for a generalist indicator species group in human-modified landscapes | ||
| Samstag, 17. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context Landscape changes can alter habitat availability for species over time. There can be a time-lagged response of species to such changes, leading to possible extinction debts. In human-modified landscapes, understanding these dynamics is critical to inform conservation actions and mitigate biodiversity loss. Objectives This study examines temporal trajectories of habitat availability over 113 years from 1899 to 2012 in the... | ||
| Landscape and climatic drivers of dengue fever in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Thailand: a retrospective analysis during 2002–2019 | ||
| Donnerstag, 15. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context Dengue is a major public health threat in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) and Thailand. Dengue transmission is ecologically complex. Concurrently identifying both climate and landscape-based risk factors for dengue virus transmission is necessary to improve dengue prevention and control efforts in Laos and Thailand. Objectives The objective of this study was to determine how changes in climate (temperature... | ||
| Post-fire delayed tree mortality in mesic coniferous forests reduces fire refugia and seed sources | ||
| Donnerstag, 15. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context Ecological functions provided by fire refugia are critical for supporting conifer forest resiliency under increased fire activity across the western United States. The spatial distribution and persistence of fire refugia over time are uncertain as fire-injured trees continue to die over subsequent years post-fire. Objectives We examined how post-fire delayed tree mortality affects the spatial distribution and attributes... | ||
| Ecological programs changed the forest landscape pattern in the Yellow River Basin from 2000 to 2020 | ||
| Dienstag, 13. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context The Yellow River Basin (YRB) is a key ecological barrier in China. The Natural Forest Protection Program (NFPP) and Grain for Green Program (GGP) are ecological restoration programs implemented in response to the deterioration of China’s ecological environment. It is essential to understand how the NFPP and GGP protect forest resources to appreciate how they support the restoration of the forest ecosystem in the YRB. Objectives... | ||
| Enhancing structural connectivity through coral restoration by adopting a landscape ecology perspective | ||
| Dienstag, 13. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context Restoration is an effective measure to counteract declines of reef-building coral populations. Despite decades of coral restoration research and practice, very little emphasis has been placed on how the spatial distribution of restoration sites influences ecosystem recovery and connectivity. Objectives Combining image classification of aerial data with geoinformatics, we aim to identify priority restoration sites to... | ||
| Heterogeneity does matter: estimating relationships between anuran diversity and the environment at different spatial scales in a protected páramo of Colombia | ||
| Samstag, 10. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context The impact of Environmental Heterogeneity (EH) on assemblage diversity remains unclear due to biases in landscape context, taxa studied, and spatial scales typically analyzed. Objective We explore how EH components influence anuran diversity at local and landscape scales in a protected páramo ecosystem in Chingaza National Park, Colombia. Methods We implemented a multi-scale... | ||
| Land-use impacts on crop yield: direct and indirect roles of arthropods and associated ecosystem services in European farmland | ||
| Donnerstag, 08. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context Land-use intensification to increase yields is often detrimental to biodiversity undermining the provision of ecosystem services. However, it is questionable if ecosystem service providers contribute to ecological intensification by achieving the same or higher yields than conventional high-intensity agriculture. Objectives In this study, we aimed to disentangle the effects of local and landscape-scale land-use... | ||
| From here to there: free-ranging large herbivores redistribute nutrients from grassland to forest soil | ||
| Montag, 05. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context Large herbivores contribute to biogeochemical cycling across spatial scales. Nutrient transport by herbivores is often linked to their movements between habitats preferred for foraging (nutrient intake) and resting (nutrient excretion). Objectives We investigated whether movement decisions of free-ranging red deer (Cervus elaphus) lead to changes in plant-available soil nutrients. We hypothesised that concentrations of... | ||
| Climate change and conservation strategies for the Anhui musk deer: habitat suitability and climate refuges in the Dabie Mountains | ||
| Montag, 05. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context Restricted to the densely populated regions of Eastern China, musk deer populations have dramatically declined over the past several centuries, primarily due to extensive poaching and significant habitat loss. In recent years, the Anhui musk deer has further faced an extremely high risk of extinction as a result of climate change and escalating human disturbances. However, research on the Anhui musk deer based on extensive field survey data remains limited, thereby... | ||
| Crown-of-thorns starfish promote additional fine-grained habitat fragmentation in a coral reef ecosystem | ||
| Montag, 05. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context Species that provide habitat for other organisms are critical for land- and seascape structure. Since coral patch interiors offer different habitats and perform a functionally different role from edges, loss and fragmentation of corals can negatively impact biodiversity. Although processes leading to coral loss have been well documented, their impacts on habitat configuration (arrangement) are poorly documented and understood. Objectives... | ||
| Silviculture shapes the spatial distribution of wildlife in managed landscapes | ||
| Freitag, 02. Mai 2025 | ||
| Context Silviculture—managing tree establishment for landscape objectives—influences ecological outcomes of forests. While forest harvest impacts on wildlife are well-documented, silvicultural treatment effects remain unclear. Objectives We investigated how forest harvest and silviculture shape predator and ungulate distributions and interactions, providing ecological insights for forest management... | ||
| The tortoise and the antilocaprid: adapting GPS tracking and terrain data to model wildlife walking functions | ||
| Dienstag, 29. April 2025 | ||
| Context The relationship between slope and terrestrial animal locomotion is key to landscape ecology but underexplored across species. This is partly due to a lack of scalable methodology that applies to a diversity of wildlife. Objectives This study investigates the slope-speed relationship for two species, Texas tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri) and pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), through the combined application of remote... | ||
| Synergistic effects of habitat composition and weather on reproduction of a sharply declining farmland bird in Central Europe | ||
| Dienstag, 29. April 2025 | ||
| Context Agricultural landscapes across Europe have undergone significant transformation due to intensification and land-use changes, resulting in habitat loss and reduced biodiversity. Simultaneously, climate change has intensified extreme weather events, further exacerbating the decline of sensitive farmland species. Objectives We assessed the effects of habitat composition, weather conditions and their interaction, on the... | ||
| From valleys to peaks: characterizing soundscapes in the Northern European Limestone Alps | ||
| Dienstag, 29. April 2025 | ||
| Context Relationship between soundscapes, habitat types, and landscape structure are insufficiently assessed in mountain landscapes. Characterizing soundscape patterns is important for understanding how human and natural processes affect mountain acoustic environments. Objectives We aim to characterize summer soundscapes across major mountain habitats by examining how acoustic characteristics and soundscape components vary... | ||
| Improving landscape sustainability across urban and rural regions in a changing world | ||
| Montag, 28. April 2025 | ||
| The relative influence of habitat density, landscape configuration and spatial sorting on population expansion: a simulation test | ||
| Samstag, 26. April 2025 | ||
| Context Population expansion into new areas is a common phenomenon resulting from changes in ecological conditions or human-assisted introduction. In the latter case, populations spread into areas where they did not evolve causing various ecological and socio-economic impacts. Spatial sorting (i.e. the enhanced dispersal capacity over time at the periphery of an expanding range) and landscape are two major factors affecting spread dynamics in expanding... | ||