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Coffee pollination and pest control are affected by edge diversity at local scales but multiscalar approaches and disservices can not be ignored
Abstract Context Managing landscapes to increase multiple services provision in search of higher agricultural yield can be an alternative to agricultural intensification. Nonetheless, to properly guide management, we need to better understand how landscape structure affects multiple services at different scales. Objectives Focused on synergies...
A comprehensive review of the effects of roads on salamanders
Abstract Context Road expansion has raised concerns regarding road effects on wildlife and ecosystems within the landscape. Salamanders, critical ecosystem components and bioindicators, are vulnerable to road impacts due to habitat loss, migrations, and reliance on stream health. Systemic reviews considering the effects of different road types on salamanders are lacking...
Large-landscape connectivity models for pond-dwelling species: methods and application to two invasive amphibians of global concern
Abstract Context Functional connectivity models are essential in identifying major dispersal pathways and developing effective management strategies for expanding populations of invasive alien species. However, the extrapolation of models parameterized within current invasive ranges may not be applicable even to neighbouring areas, if the models are not based on the expected responses of individuals to landscape structure...
China’s safe and just space during 40 years of rapid urbanization and changing policies
Abstract Context China’s high-speed economic development was accompanied by rapid urbanization for forty years, guided by a series of changing policies enacted by the central government. However, did China become more sustainable both economically and environmentally? Or more specifically, did it operate within or towards a safe and just space (SJS)? Although numerous relevant studies exist, these questions have not been...
Rethinking connectivity modeling for high-mobility ungulates: insights from a globally endangered equid
Abstract Context Maintaining connectivity is crucial for wildlife conservation in human-occupied landscapes. Structural connectivity modeling (SCM) attempts to quantify the degree to which physical features facilitate or impede movement of individuals and has been widely used to identify corridors, but its accuracy is rarely validated against empirical data...
Decision making in complex land systems: outline of a holistic theory of agency
Abstract Context Models of human agency within research on land systems and landscapes do not fully account for social and cultural factors in decision making. Conversely, within social theory, parallel concepts of agency do not fully take biophysical and spatial factors into account. This calls for a synthesis of conceptual models addressing human decision making in land systems...
Moisture thresholds for ignition vary between types of eucalypt forests across an aridity gradient
Abstract Context Quantifying spatial and temporal variations in landscape flammability is important for implementing ecologically desirable prescribed burns and gauging the level of fire risk across a landscape. Yet there is a paucity of models that provide adequate spatial detail about landscape flammability for these purposes. Objectives Our...
The green window view index: automated multi-source visibility analysis for a multi-scale assessment of green window views
Abstract Context Providing accessible urban green spaces is crucial for planning and ensuring healthy, resilient, and sustainable cities. The importance of visually accessible urban green spaces increases due to inner urban development processes. Objectives This article proposes a new index, the Green Window View Index (GWVI) for analyzing and...
Habitat amount and edge effects, not perch proximity, nest exposure, or vegetation diversity affect cowbird parasitism in agricultural landscapes
Abstract Context Prior research documented relationships between brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) brood parasitism and edge effects, proximity of perches, and nest exposure. Those relationships have not been evaluated in agroecosystems containing extremes of fragmentation and vegetation diversity. Objectives We compared three existing...
A mechanistic approach to weighting edge-effects in landscape connectivity assessments
Abstract Context Understanding landscape functional connectivity is critical for nature conservation in fragmented landscapes. Spatially explicit graph-theoretical approaches to assessing landscape connectivity have provided a promising framework for capturing functional components driving connectivity at the landscape scale. However, existing weighting schemes used to parameterise functional connectivity in graph theory-based...
Direct and indirect impacts of land use/cover change on urban heat environment: a 15-year panel data study across 365 Chinese cities during summer daytime and nighttime
Abstract Context Land use/cover change (LUCC) can directly and indirectly affect surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) and the effects need to be decomposed. Objectives To perform long-term trend analyses of contribution indexes (CIs) of land use types to urban heat environment in cities and to deconstruct direct and indirect effects of...
Assessing the applicability of binary land-cover variables to species distribution models across multiple grains
Abstract Context Species distribution models are widely used in ecology. The selection of environmental variables is a critical step in SDMs, nowadays compounded by the increasing availability of environmental data. Objectives To evaluate the interaction between the grain size and the binary (presence or absence of water) or proportional...
What can be learned from using participatory landscape scenarios in Rio Doce State Park, Brazil?
Abstract Context The goal of this work is to describe and explain the conditions that trigger, enable or prevent the implementation of preferred land uses by local communities. Objective The questions this paper addresses are as follows: Is there a set of preferred scenarios for land use change? What triggers, enables and prevents the...
Analysis adapted from text mining quantitively reveals abrupt and gradual plant-community transitions after fire in sagebrush steppe
Abstract Context Plant communities vary both abruptly and gradually over time but differentiating between types of change can be difficult with existing classification and ordination methods. Structural topic modeling (STRUTMO), a text mining analysis, offers a flexible methodology for analyzing both types of temporal trends. Objectives Our...
Connectivity of stormwater ponds impacts Odonata abundance and species richness
Mittwoch, 28. Februar 2024
Abstract Context The successful dispersal of an animal depends, partly, on landscape connectivity. Urbanization poses risks to dispersal activities by increasing hostile land cover types. Objectives We investigated how connectivity of urban ponds impacted Odonata communities (dragonflies and damselflies), an order of semi-aquatic insects that...
Effects of land surface temperatures on vegetation phenology along urban–rural local climate zone gradients
Mittwoch, 28. Februar 2024
Abstract Context Urbanization and local urban climate have multiple impacts on vegetation phenology in urban and suburban areas. Understanding these effects and their interactions with the surface urban heating effect remains limited. Objective We employed a time series of Earth observation data to analyze land surface phenology (LSP) dynamics...
Urban green inequality and its mismatches with human demand across neighborhoods in New York, Amsterdam, and Beijing
Dienstag, 27. Februar 2024
Abstract Context Urban green spaces (UGS) are not evenly distributed within cities, and some neighborhoods with high socio-environmental demands require more UGS than others. This raises two challenges: green inequality and demand-based inequity. However, comprehensive assessments of UGS inequality and inequity in cities worldwide are lacking. Objectives...
Random Frogs: using future climate and land-use scenarios to predict amphibian distribution change in the Upper Missouri River Basin
Dienstag, 27. Februar 2024
Abstract Context Climate change and anthropogenic stressors have contributed to rapid declines in biodiversity worldwide, particularly for amphibians. Amphibians play important ecological roles, yet little is known about how distribution hotspots may change or how the environmental factors influence distribution patterns in the North American Great Plains...
Spatial planning constraints will mitigate the fragmentation trajectory of natural and semi-natural landscapes: a case of Lushan City, China
Samstag, 24. Februar 2024
Abstract Context The biodiversity faces an underlying threat from landscape fragmentation resulting from rapid urbanization. Examining the future trajectory of landscape fragmentation is imperative to understanding the impact of current spatial planning constraints on natural and semi-natural habitat preservation, ecosystem services, and sustainability. Methods...
Forest fire, thinning, and flood in wildland-urban interface: UAV and lidar-based estimate of natural disaster impacts
Samstag, 24. Februar 2024
Abstract Context Wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas are facing increased forest fire risks and extreme precipitation events due to climate change, which can lead to post-fire flood events. The city of Flagstaff in northern Arizona, USA experienced WUI forest thinning, fire, and record rainfall events, which collectively contributed to large floods and damages to the urban neighborhoods and city infrastructure...