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1. Wasserstein metric-based Boltzmann entropy of a landscape mosaic: a clarification, correction, and evaluation of thermodynamic consistency

Author:
Gao, Peichao; Zhang, Hong; Wu, Zhiwei
Source:
Landscape ecology 2021 v.36 no.3 pp. 815-827
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
landscape ecology; landscapes,   etc   ; entropy;     Show all 3 Subject
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: Boltzmann entropy, also called thermodynamic entropy, has long been suggested and recently reemphasized as a basis for achieving a profound understanding of landscape dynamics with thermodynamic insights. The difficulty in practically applying this entropy lies in its computation with landscapes, and many solutions have attempted to address this. The latest solution for landscape mosaics ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-020-01177-4

2. Capable to govern landscape restoration? Exploring landscape governance capabilities, based on literature and stakeholder perceptions

Author:
van Oosten, Cora; Runhaar, Hens; Arts, Bas
Source:
Land use policy 2021 v.104 pp. 104020
ISSN:
0264-8377
Subject:
landscape restoration; landscapes,   etc   ; governance; land policy; stakeholders;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Scholars, planners and practitioners worldwide are increasingly recognising that landscape governance is a promising approach for restoring forested landscapes and simultaneously achieving ecological, economic and social objectives. Because of its integrative nature, landscape governance involves actors who restore landscapes while operating in different economic and policy sectors and at various ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.05.039

3. Dispersers’ habitat detection and settling abilities modulate the effect of habitat amount on metapopulation resilience

Author:
Riotte-Lambert, Louise; Laroche, Fabien
Source:
Landscape ecology 2021 v.36 no.3 pp. 675-684
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
landscape ecology; landscapes,   etc   ; animals; habitats; prediction;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: Metapopulation theory makes useful predictions for conservation in fragmented landscapes. For randomly distributed habitat patches, it predicts that the ability of a metapopulation to recover from low occupancy level (the “metapopulation capacity”) linearly increases with habitat amount. This prediction derives from describing the dispersal between two patches as a function of their featu ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-021-01197-8

4. Analysis of the impact of ancient city walls on urban landscape patterns by remote sensing

Author:
Wang, Chengkang; Yang, Weiwei; Zhu, Yifan; Ren, Yujie
Source:
Landscape and ecological engineering 2021 v.17 no.1 pp. 29-39
ISSN:
1860-1871
Subject:
landscape ecology; landscapes,   etc   ; landscaping; urban development; China;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... As the most important construction features of ancient Chinese cities, the city walls nowadays have lost their function of enemy defense and turned to affect the urban structure and development. To clarify the impact of ancient city walls on modern urban development, this work was conducted to measure the differences of landscape types and levels between the inner and outer walls of three typical ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11355-020-00428-5

5. Predicting the assembly of novel communities in urban ecosystems

Author:
Andrade, Riley; Franklin, Janet; Larson, Kelli L.; Swan, Christopher M.; Lerman, Susannah B.; Bateman, Heather L.; Warren, Paige S.; York, Abigail
Source:
Landscape ecology 2021 v.36 no.1 pp. 1-15
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
landscape ecology; landscapes,   etc   ; biodiversity; humans; urban areas;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: Ecological communities in urban ecosystems are assembled through ecological processes, such as species interactions, dispersal, and environmental filtering, but also through human factors that create and modify the landscape. These complex interactions make it difficult to untangle the relationships between social–ecological dynamics and urban biodiversity. OBJECTIVES: As a result, there ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-020-01142-1

6. A valuable strategy to improve ferroelectric performance significantly via metallic ion doping in the lattice nodes of metal–organic frameworks

Author:
Liang, Jingjing; Liu, Meiying; Xu, Xuebin; Liu, Zhiliang
Source:
Chemical communications 2021 v.57 no.20 pp. 2515-2518
ISSN:
1364-548X
Subject:
landscapes,   etc   ; asymmetry; crystallography;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with polar space groups in crystallography represent a class of potential molecular-based ferroelectrics; however, the rational design and enhancement of the performance of MOF-based ferroelectrics is a great challenge. In this work, a series of mixed-metal MOFs deriving from Mg²⁺ ions doped into the lattice nodes of the parent-MOF (Ni-MOF) are synthesized by an in ...
DOI:
10.1039/d0cc08217a

7. Digital soil mapping and assessment for Australia and beyond: A propitious future

Author:
Searle, Ross; McBratney, Alexander; Grundy, Mike; Kidd, Darren; Malone, Brendan; Arrouays, Dominique; Stockman, Uta; Zund, Peter; Wilson, Peter; Wilford, John; Van Gool, Dennis; Triantafilis, John; Thomas, Mark; Stower, Liz; Slater, Brian; Robinson, Nathan; Ringrose-Voase, Anthony; Padarian, José; Payne, Jim; Orton, Thomas; Odgers, Nathan; O’Brien, Lauren; Minasny, Budiman; Bennett, John McLean; Liddicoat, Craig; Jones, Edward; Holmes, Karen; Harms, Ben; Gray, Jonathan; Bui, Elisabeth; Andrews, Kaitlyn
Source:
Geoderma regional 2021 v.24 pp. e00359
ISSN:
2352-0094
Subject:
landscapes,   etc   ; land management; Australia;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Digital Soil Mapping and Assessment (DSMA) has progressed from challenging traditional soil science paradigms, through small scale prototyping, to large-scale implementation capturing quantitative measures of soil attributes and functions. This paper considers the future for DSMA in the context of a highly uncertain world where high-quality knowledge of soil dynamics will be important for respondi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geodrs.2021.e00359

8. Nyanga pottery and the Manyika ethnohistory: towards a decolonised archaeology of the Nyanga agricultural complex

Author:
Nyamushosho, Robert T.; Chipangura, Njabulo; Pasipanodya, Takudzwa B.; Bandama, Foreman; Chirikure, Shadreck; Manyanga, Munyaradzi
Source:
Heliyon 2021 v.7 no.3 pp. e06609
ISSN:
2405-8440
Subject:
landscapes,   etc   ; archaeology; ceramics; Zimbabwe;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Ancient pottery from the Nyanga agricultural complex (CE 1300–1900) in north-eastern Zimbabwe enjoys more than a century of archaeological research. Though several studies dedicated to the pottery have expanded the frontiers of knowledge about the peopling of Bantu-speaking agropastoral societies in this part of southern Africa, we know little about the social context in which the pottery was made ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06609

9. An Ecological Service System Based Study on Suburban Rural Landscape Multifunction

Author:
Zheng, Jie; Na, Lisha; Liu, Binglin; Zhang, Tiantian; Wang, Hao
Source:
Land 2021 v.10 no.3
ISSN:
2073-445X
Subject:
landscapes,   etc   ; land; sustainable development;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Suburban rural landscape multifunction has received increasing attention from scholars due to its high demand and impact on main urban areas. However, few studies have been focused on suburban rural landscape multifunction because of data constraints. The present study quantified the four landscape services based on ecological service system, i.e., regulating function (RF), provision function (PF) ...
DOI:
10.3390/land10030232

10. Urban Ecosystem Services: New Findings for Landscape Architects, Urban Planners, and Policymakers

Author:
Russo, Alessio; Cirella, Giuseppe T.
Source:
Land 2021 v.10 no.1
ISSN:
2073-445X
Subject:
landscapes,   etc   ; land; urban areas;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... More than half of the world’s population lives in urban ecosystems [...] ...
DOI:
10.3390/land10010088

11. Neuroaesthetics and landscape appreciation

Author:
Jacques, David
Source:
Landscape research 2021 v.46 no.1 pp. 116-127
ISSN:
1469-9710
Subject:
landscapes,   etc   ; aesthetics; neurophysiology; research;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... This article is a critical review of some aspects of theories of landscape appreciation in the light of the findings of neuroscience. Four propositions that have been employed in appraisal theory, and which can potentially be informed by these findings, are selected. An introduction is given on the scope of neuroscience and its models of aesthetic experience followed by reviews of objectivism, pre ...
DOI:
10.1080/01426397.2020.1832204

12. Understanding recreational landscapes – a review and discussion

Author:
Hansen, Andreas Skriver
Source:
Landscape research 2021 v.46 no.1 pp. 128-141
ISSN:
1469-9710
Subject:
landscapes,   etc   ; outdoor recreation; research;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper contributes with a better understanding of recreational landscapes as a conceptual coupling that lacks clarity and cementation as a legitimate and integrated concept in landscape and outdoor recreation-related disciplines, especially within Nordic landscape and outdoor recreation research. The approach in the paper is an explorative-theoretical one with a base in a literature review. Th ...
DOI:
10.1080/01426397.2020.1833320

13. How should a clever baboon choose and move rocks?

Author:
Maré, Celesté; Landman, Marietjie; Kerley, Graham I. H.
Source:
Biotropica 2021 v.53 no.1 pp. 162-169
ISSN:
0006-3606
Subject:
landscapes,   etc   ; Papio ursinus; energy;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) intentionally overturn rocks to feed on the invertebrates beneath. However, baboons do not move all the rocks they encounter, with this presumably reflecting cost–benefit (or effort–reward) trade‐offs in their foraging behavior. We ask, how do “clever baboons” choose rock sizes and shapes and move these rocks? Using optimal foraging theory, we predicted that baboons ...
DOI:
10.1111/btp.12857

14. User-centric genomics infrastructure: trends and technologies

Author:
Krishna, Ritesh; Elisseev, Vadim
Source:
Genome 2021 v.64 no.4 pp. 467-475
ISSN:
1480-3321
Subject:
landscapes,   etc   ; genome; genomics; infrastructure;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Genomics is both a data- and compute-intensive discipline. The success of genomics depends on an adequate informatics infrastructure that can address growing data demands and enable a diverse range of resource-intensive computational activities. Designing a suitable infrastructure is a challenging task, and its success largely depends on its adoption by users. In this article, we take a user-centr ...
DOI:
10.1139/gen-2020-0096

15. Landscape sustainability and the landscape ecology of institutions

Author:
Cumming, Graeme S.; Epstein, Graham
Source:
Landscape ecology 2020 v.35 no.11 pp. 2613-2628
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
landscape ecology; landscapes,   etc   ; humans;     Show all 3 Subject
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: Landscape sustainability emerges from interactions between linked human and natural systems. Many of these interactions are mediated by institutions (e.g., rules, laws, customs, traditions), most of which are themselves spatially defined entities that both generate and respond to spatial variation in the landscape. However, the spatial dynamics of the interplay between institutions and la ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-020-00989-8

16. Six key steps for functional landscape analyses of habitat change

Author:
Riva, Federico; Nielsen, Scott E.
Source:
Landscape ecology 2020 v.35 no.7 pp. 1495-1504
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
landscape ecology; landscapes,   etc   ; habitats;     Show all 3 Subject
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: An important part of landscape ecology is to identify relationships between landscape characteristics and ecological processes. One common approach to this is relating raster surfaces to ecological responses, assuming that the characteristics emphasized by rasters are representative of the processes determining changes in the ecological responses being assessed. Consequently, choices made ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-020-01048-y

17. Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service

Author:
Rahimi, Ehsan; Barghjelveh, Shahindokht; Dong, Pinliang
Source:
Ecological processes 2021 v.10 no.1 pp. 22
ISSN:
2192-1709
Subject:
landscape ecology; landscapes,   etc   ; ecosystems; farms; forests; habitat destruction; habitats; pollination;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... One of the most important issues related to landscape ecology and ecosystem services is finding the pattern of habitat patches that offers the highest pollination in agricultural landscapes. In this regard, two processes of habitat loss and fragmentation strongly affect the relationship between pollination and the pattern of habitat patches. In the present study, we aimed to examine the effects of ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13717-021-00291-8

18. Analysing landscape effects on dispersal networks and gene flow with genetic graphs

Author:
Savary, Paul; Foltête, Jean‐Christophe; Moal, Hervé; Vuidel, Gilles; Garnier, Stéphane
Source:
Molecular ecology resources 2021 v.21 no.4 pp. 1167-1185
ISSN:
1755-098X
Subject:
landscape genetics; landscapes,   etc   ; clearcutting; gene flow; habitats; statistical inference; topology;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Graph‐theoretic approaches have relevant applications in landscape genetic analyses. When species form populations in discrete habitat patches, genetic graphs can be used (a) to identify direct dispersal paths followed by propagules or (b) to quantify landscape effects on multi‐generational gene flow. However, the influence of their construction parameters remains to be explored. Using a simulatio ...
DOI:
10.1111/1755-0998.13333

19. A metrics-based approach for modeling covariation of visual and ecological landscape qualities

Author:
Sahraoui, Yohan; Clauzel, Céline; Foltête, Jean-Christophe
Source:
Ecological indicators 2021 v.123 pp. 107331
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
landscape management; landscapes,   etc   ; aesthetics; land cover; urbanization; France;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Landscape ecological aesthetics is a relevant conceptual framework for studying landscape multi-functionality. While the relationships between aesthetic and ecological landscape qualities have been explored and debated in landscape research they have been addressed very little in spatially explicit approaches, and never in a dynamic way. However, a set of spatial metrics can be used to characteriz ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107331

20. A simple metric of landscape fire exposure

Author:
Beverly, Jennifer L.; McLoughlin, Neal; Chapman, Elizabeth
Source:
Landscape ecology 2021 v.36 no.3 pp. 785-801
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
landscape ecology; landscapes,   etc   ; fire spread; land cover; weather; Alberta;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: Proximity of landcover elements to each other will enable or constrain fire spread. Assessments of potential fire propagation across landscapes typically involve empirical or simulation models that estimate probabilities based on complex interactions among biotic and abiotic controls. OBJECTIVES: We developed a metric of landscape fire exposure based solely on a grid cell’s proximity to n ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-020-01173-8