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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| No evidence of decline in bumblebee abundance and species richness from edge to interior in moderately-sized red clover fields | ||
| Montag, 01. September 2025 | ||
| Context Mass-flowering crops have the potential to mitigate the negative effects of agricultural intensification on resource availability for pollinators, but their full utility also depends on pollinators providing consistent pollination services across the entire field. However, the spatial extent of pollination services in mass-flowering fields remains poorly understood, particularly within the landscape context. Objectives We... | ||
| Space use by waterfowl reveals scale mismatches in contemporary environmental management, including mitigation of human-wildlife conflict | ||
| Freitag, 29. August 2025 | ||
| Context Conservation requires aligning the spatial, temporal, and functional scales of environmental management with those of interlinked ecological processes. Objectives To assist Indigenous Ngāi Tahu and government-mandated authorities in the management of black swans (kakī anau, Cygnus atratus) in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand, we investigated the effects of land cover on space use by swans and identified scale... | ||
| Characterizing landscape configuration effects on eastern spruce budworm infestation dynamics | ||
| Mittwoch, 27. August 2025 | ||
| Context Spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana, Clem, SBW) is the largest defoliator of boreal and mixedwood forests in North America. Its impact is directly linked to the quality and availability of primary host species such as balsam fir (Abies balsamea, (L.) Mill.) at the stand level. At the landscape level, the ability of SBW to disperse over long distances suggests that the configuration of available resources may also play an important role in affecting infestation... | ||
| Local-scale tree cover modulates pollination services and crop yield in tropical agroforestry landscapes, Rwanda | ||
| Mittwoch, 27. August 2025 | ||
| Context Global pollinator decline threatens food security, especially in regions with intensive agriculture and habitat loss. Agroforestry, a sustainable agricultural diversification practice, could mitigate these issues by providing diverse habitats and floral resources for pollinators, yet its effects on pollination services and crop yields in tropical Africa remain undocumented. Objectives This study examined the impact of... | ||
| Not just species recording: the potential of citizen science for habitat monitoring | ||
| Dienstag, 26. August 2025 | ||
| Context Reversing the global biodiversity crisis requires not only conservation and management of species, but the habitats in which they live. While there is a long history of biodiversity recording by volunteers, at least in Europe, information on habitats is less frequently recorded. Habitat data is needed to map and monitor habitat extent and condition; to train and validate earth observation (EO) data; and to explain biodiversity change. The complexity of habitat... | ||
| Bats in livestock farms—effects of farm characteristics and landscape composition on bat activity | ||
| Donnerstag, 21. August 2025 | ||
| Context Animal farming is a key driver of rural landscape structure, ecosystem processes and economy. Over recent decades, traditional management practices have largely shifted toward modern industrialized systems, altering habitat composition and influencing the abundance and distribution of many taxa, including bats. Objectives This study investigates the interaction between livestock farms and insectivorous bats, focusing on... | ||
| A spatial-explicit analysis of influencing factors of observed floods in the Yangtze River Delta, China | ||
| Donnerstag, 21. August 2025 | ||
| Context Flooding is not only shaped by hydrological and hydraulic mechanisms, but also substantially influenced by landscape configuration. Elucidating the relationships between historical floods and environment determinants is crucial for advancing both flood resilience strategies and landscape sustainability practices. Objectives The objectives of this study were: (1) to spatial-explicitly quantify flood-environment associations... | ||
| Planning human-dominated landscapes for wolf conservation: the role of resting habitats | ||
| Donnerstag, 14. August 2025 | ||
| Context Planning human-dominated landscapes for large carnivore conservation requires careful consideration of key trophic and habitat resources, including suitable resting habitats. However, the specific characteristics of these habitats often remain poorly understood, particularly because they may be influenced by individual traits, circadian rhythms, and site use typology. Objectives This study investigates wolf resting site... | ||
| Leveraging sequential least-cost modelling to uncover multiple introductions: a case study of an invasive wild bee species | ||
| Donnerstag, 14. August 2025 | ||
| Context Invasive species pose a significant threat to biodiversity, creating a need for accurate methods to assess their spread. Although multiple introductions are common, estimates of expansion rates often assume a single introduction site due to limited knowledge of population structure. Objectives This multidisciplinary study aimed to develop a novel spatio-temporal approach to delineate potential populations without prior... | ||
| Divergent impacts of urbanization on ecosystem services in urban versus non-urban agglomerations of the Yangtze River Basin, China during 1990–2050 | ||
| Donnerstag, 14. August 2025 | ||
| Context Exploring the long-term spatial heterogeneity effect of urbanization on ecosystem services (ES) in large river basin is critical for differentiated sustainable governance. However, few studies have systematically compared the divergent impacts between urban and non-urban agglomerations across historical and future periods. Objectives Assess and predict the spatiotemporal evolutions of ESs (water yield, soil conservation... | ||
| Spatial prediction of evapotranspiration in a tropical mosaic landscape using remote sensing and explainable machine learning | ||
| Dienstag, 12. August 2025 | ||
| Context Tropical forest regions are being transformed to other land covers at a high rate, often resulting in landscapes with heterogeneous vegetation structures. In combination with environmental factors this may influence ecosystem services, including evapotranspiration (ET). Objectives We aimed to predict the spatial variability of ET using spaceborne observations in a heterogenous tropical landscape, with a particular focus... | ||
| The impact of a decade of urbanisation on a semi-aquatic mammal in a subtropical freshwater ecosystem | ||
| Dienstag, 12. August 2025 | ||
| Context Urbanisation replaces vegetation with impervious cover, impeding water filtration and increasing runoff contamination. These changes contribute to the ‘urban stream syndrome’—a suite of negative impacts on freshwater ecosystems and associated species. Objectives Assessed how urbanisation, measured using landscape metrics related to variations in impervious cover (‘imperviousness’) impacted platypus... | ||
| Benefits of wildflower strips in agricultural field margins differ based on landscape complexity across four ecosystem services | ||
| Dienstag, 12. August 2025 | ||
| Context Agricultural landscapes must produce food, fodder, fuel, or fiber while simultaneously maintaining non-market ecosystem services. Conservation practices such as planting perennial wildflower strips can improve multifunctionality, but their effectiveness may depend on the surrounding landscape. Objectives Our goals were to (1) model the effect of adding perennial wildflower strips along crop field margins on ecosystem... | ||
| Using simulation modelling to evaluate the relative efficacy of core area and corridor-based conservation designs for biodiversity conservation | ||
| Montag, 11. August 2025 | ||
| Context The efficient and effective design of protected areas is a fundamental challenge in landscape ecology, focusing on how spatial patterns of habitat influence conservation outcomes. This has sparked debate about the relative importance of habitat area versus connectivity in maintaining populations across fragmented landscapes. Objectives We evaluate the relative importance of habitat area and connectivity by comparing... | ||
| Investigation of key spatio-temporal trends in research on scattered paddock trees and biodiversity in semi-cleared agricultural landscapes | ||
| Montag, 11. August 2025 | ||
| Context Scattered old native trees found in semi-cleared agricultural landscapes (hereafter termed paddock trees) have a range of important ecological, ecosystem service, human cultural, and other roles. They have been the target of detailed study in many countries. Objectives We sought to quantify the temporal and spatial trends in the prevalence of research topics in the corpus of literature on paddock trees... | ||
| Land-use intensity effects on the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship in semi-natural grasslands at management-relevant spatial scales | ||
| Montag, 11. August 2025 | ||
| Context There is a limited understanding of how land-use intensity influences the relationship between plant diversity and the ecosystem function of aboveground biomass production in semi-natural grasslands at the field and farm scale. However, these spatial scales are critical to be addressed since management practices are applied at larger spatial scales than biophysical characteristics are measured. Objectives We aim to (1... | ||
| Mapping fractional vegetation cover in UAS RGB and multispectral imagery in semi-arid Australian ecosystems using CNN-based semantic segmentation | ||
| Samstag, 09. August 2025 | ||
| Context Monitoring fractional vegetation cover (FVC) is crucial for assessing ecosystem health and sustainably managing semi-arid rangelands. Field-based methods are resource-intensive, while moderate-resolution satellite imagery lacks the spatial detail needed to capture ecosystem complexity. This study leverages centimetre-scale UAS RGB and multispectral imagery with convolutional neural networks (CNN)-based U-net segmentation framework to address these challenges... | ||
| Spatial predictions of potentially undisturbed grassland across the conterminous US | ||
| Samstag, 09. August 2025 | ||
| Context Grassland conservation efforts often prioritize intact grasslands (i.e., untilled) with native vegetation due to their ecological importance. Identifying these lands across broad geographies is crucial for conservation planning, but classifying native vegetation using remote sensing data is analytically challenging. A practical alternative is identifying undisturbed grasslands (i.e. untilled) regardless of current floristic composition, as these areas offer greater... | ||
| Agricultural intensification degrades arable weed diversity into phylogenetically unstructured subsets of tolerant species | ||
| Freitag, 08. August 2025 | ||
| Context The rise of agricultural intensification (AgI) has severely impacted arable weeds, making it crucial to understand how this process shapes their assemblages across agricultural landscapes. Objectives To elucidate how variation in species composition (beta diversity) among arable weed assemblages respond to AgI gradients, with a particular focus on whether phylogenetic relationships structure these patterns... | ||
| Remote sensing and field data show complementary functions when predicting forage productivity in heterogeneous native forests | ||
| Donnerstag, 07. August 2025 | ||
| Native forests around the world are widely used for livestock grazing as they offer different sources of forage. Nevertheless, in heterogeneous forested landscapes, forage productivity drivers are still unclear, hindering precise predictions of field receptivity. Our aim is to relate landscape variables with forage productivity in forested landscapes using satellite and ground-based data. To accomplish this, we harvested 36 enclosures in two Patagonian valleys during a three-year period. The... | ||