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:
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| 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... | ||
| Functional connectivity for white-tailed deer drives the distribution of tick-borne pathogens in a highly urbanized setting | ||
| Dienstag, 22. April 2025 | ||
| Context As cities seek to provide more habitat for wildlife, there may be unintended consequences of increasing tick-borne disease hazards. In the United States, the Northeast is both highly urban and a hotspot for blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) and tick-borne disease emergence. Though tick-borne disease was once considered a suburban and rural problem, tick-borne hazards in urban landscapes are increasing. Objectives We... | ||
| Integrating direct anthropogenic disturbances and habitat connectivity to guide the restoration of the Amur tiger population in a newly established national park in China | ||
| Montag, 21. April 2025 | ||
| Context China initiated its national parks in 2016 for safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. The newly established Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park (NTLNP) is essential for saving endangered large cats, but its adequacy for supporting apex predators and their prey remains largely unassessed. Objectives We evaluated NTLNP’s effectiveness in providing habitat and connectivity for the Amur tiger (Panthera... | ||
| Agriculture cover and local vegetation structure shape Squamata’s diversity in agricultural landscapes in Brazilian Cerrado | ||
| Freitag, 18. April 2025 | ||
| Context Changes in landscapes due to the conversion of natural vegetation into agroecosystems are causing an alarming and rapid loss of biodiversity on a global scale. Objectives We assess how local environmental factors and landscape structure influence Squamata reptiles’ abundance, and alpha and beta diversities in agricultural landscapes in the Brazilian Cerrado. Methods We... | ||
| Spatiotemporal patterns of diversity and diversity-stability relationships as a function of compounding disturbances and forest management | ||
| Donnerstag, 17. April 2025 | ||
| Context Consistent with the diversity-stability hypothesis, high wildlife diversity has been associated with increased resilience and stability of ecosystem services and functions. Nevertheless, ecological non-stationarity associated with climate change challenges the concept of stability. Furthermore, ambiguity surrounding appropriate diversity metrics to use has hindered the ability of natural resource managers to leverage the potential benefits of biodiversity conservation... | ||
| Variable time lags in genetic response of three temperate forest herbs to 70 years of agricultural landscape change | ||
| Samstag, 12. April 2025 | ||
| Context Agriculture-driven land-use changes over the past decades have not only reduced the amount of habitat for species but also influenced the genetic exchange among the remaining fragmented populations. Many recent studies have found a delayed response in population genetic diversity and differentiation of species in fragmented habitats to past landscape disturbances, a so-called time lag. However, the specific role of species’ individual reproductive traits and the... | ||
| From smallholder to commercial farming: the impact of termite mound levelling and spatial heterogeneity in mound morphology on soil organic carbon in Miombo woodlands, Central Africa | ||
| Samstag, 12. April 2025 | ||
| Context The recent expansion of commercial agriculture in the Miombo woodlands of central Africa has led to widespread levelling of termite mounds. These mounds contain significantly lower soil organic carbon (SOC) than surrounding soils, and their levelling could largely reduce SOC content in the plough layer, which remains understudied. Objectives We aim to investigate the effects of mound levelling on SOC of the plough layer... | ||
| Socioeconomic factors behind the relationship between urban expansion and ecosystem services: a multiscale study in China | ||
| Donnerstag, 10. April 2025 | ||
| Context A deeper understanding of the relationship between urban expansion and ecosystem services (RUE&ESs) is closely linked to achieving sustainable development goals and enhancing human well-being. Socioeconomic factors play an important role in the relationship, but how they have an impact at different spatial scales remains unclear. Objectives The objectives of our study are to clarify the influence of socioeconomic factors... | ||
| Individuality, diel time, and landscape context shape space-use of an elusive carnivore in a risky environment | ||
| Donnerstag, 10. April 2025 | ||
| Context Individual animal’s perception of risk can alter how it navigates a landscape altered by anthropogenic and natural disturbances. As perception depends on experience, we should expect habitat selection to be context dependent and individualistic. Objectives We hypothesized that: (i) fine-scale habitat selection of fisher (Pekania pennanti) in a human dominated landscape is driven by multiple interacting spatio-temporal... | ||
| Biophysical drivers of Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii post-fire regeneration: role of fire refugia | ||
| Mittwoch, 09. April 2025 | ||
| Context Recent shifts in fire regimes challenge recovery of forest ecosystems. In Catalonia, Spain, the capacity of Pinus nigra to persist has been affected by recent high severity fires. Objectives To understand the biophysical conditions that support P. nigra recovery after high severity fire, we investigate the main biophysical drivers—seed availability, community interactions, water, and nutritional constraints—affecting... | ||
| Long-term, landscape- and wind-driven snow conditions influence Adélie penguin colony extinctions | ||
| Donnerstag, 03. April 2025 | ||
| Context The interaction between topography and wind influences snow cover patterns, which can determine the distribution of species reliant on snow-free habitats. Past studies suggest snow accumulation creates suboptimal breeding habitats for Adélie penguins, leading to colony extinctions. However, evidence linking snow cover to landscape features is lacking. Objectives We aimed to model landscape-driven snow cover patterns... | ||
| Going with the grain: scalar conservation easement dataset comparison | ||
| Mittwoch, 02. April 2025 | ||
| Context Private land conservation maintains global biodiversity while securing areas for biome shifts. Conservation easements (CEs) are the dominant form in both the US and increasingly, globally. Objectives We illustrate the differences in the National Conservation Easement Database (NCED) and a fine-scale curated collection of CEs, the Granular Conservation Easement Datasets (GCED), which fills an imperative gap in the CE... | ||
| Combining occupancy and dispersal models to predict the conservation benefits of land-use change | ||
| Dienstag, 01. April 2025 | ||
| Context Economic incentives for habitat creation in productive agricultural land are an important tool for halting biodiversity loss. Given inevitable funding constraints, assessing the cost-effectiveness of potential habitat creation strategies should be a priority. Objectives We make model predictions of changes in the populations of ten woodland-affiliated bird species over time across a set of contrasting woodland creation... | ||
| The characterisation and future sustainability of a rural landscape: using integrated approaches for temporal heritage landscape analysis in Northwest Spain | ||
| Dienstag, 01. April 2025 | ||
| Context Changing global socioeconomics are endangering agrosilvopastoral landscapes and with them the knowledge of maintaining these historical, sustainable forms of territorial management. Approaches that integrate Local Spatial Knowledge (LSK) with scientific methods are valuable means to understand their landscape heritage, identity, and temporal land use and land cover (LULC). Objectives Our aim is to utilise an... | ||
| Hydrodynamic conditions and habitat configuration structure juvenile fish assemblages across a tropical seascape | ||
| Dienstag, 01. April 2025 | ||
| Context Landscape structure and environmental conditions influence the distribution and abundance of adult fish, with significant implications for ecosystem functioning. However, our understanding of seascape effects on juvenile fish remains comparatively limited. Objectives We examined how habitat composition, seascape configuration, and environmental context shape juvenile fish assemblages across a tropical... | ||
| Land-cover patterns differentially affect population genetic structure and connectivity of two anurans | ||
| Dienstag, 01. April 2025 | ||
| Context Land use/land cover change (LULCC) is rapidly altering the quality and quantity of the habitat matrix for many species, potentially reducing the connectivity of species across the landscape. Many measures of connectivity do not directly account for quantitative movement behavior, which can inform the relative influence of specific landscape features on overall connectivity. Objectives We evaluated the population genetics... | ||