The radiation range of the corridor effect holds great significance for ecological restoration, planning, and sustainable development river corridors. This study focuses on Beijing plain section Yongding River, which has been cut off half a century, improves research methodology. Utilizing land use data from 1967 1980, ArcGIS Fragstats were employed to establish 5 km buffer zones both sides Riv...

Rapid urbanization has accelerated land use and land cover changes, and generated the urban heat island effect (UHI). Previous studies have reported positive effects of neighborhood landscapes on mitigating urban surface temperatures. However, the influence of neighborhood landscape spatial patterns on enhancing cooling effects has not yet been fully investigated. The main objective of this stu...

The semi-arid grasslands in Inner Mongolia (IM) are under increasing stress owing to climate change and rapid socio-economic development in the recent past. We investigated changes in land cover/land use and landscape structure between 1992 and 2004 through the analysis of AVHRR and MODIS derived land cover data. The scale of analysis included the regional level (i.e. the whole of IM) as well a...

Analyzing spatial and temporal changes in landscape patterns is an important aspect of landscape ecology. We used satellite imagery and ERDAS Image software, calculated landscape indices, and quantified landscape transformation processes to determine the nature and magnitude of landscape structural changes within an upland area of the Taishan Mountains in Shandong province, eastern China. We us...

This paper investigates residents' perceptions of scenic quality in the Cape Cod community of Dennis, Massachusetts during a period of significant landscape change. In the mid-1 970s, Chandler [Natural and Visual Resources, Dennis, Massachusetts. Dennis Conservation Commission and Planning Board, Dennis, MA, 19761 worked with a community group to evaluate the natural resources of their town, an...

We investigated the movements and selection of settlement sites of translocated pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) in southeastern Oregon from June to December 2008. We captured, radio tagged, and translocated 59 pygmy rabbits across big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp.) habitat with 3 categories of landscape fragmentation. We used radio telemetry to track the movements and document the...

Background: Success in assisted reproductive techniques is raising hope for many infertile couples, but as in these techniques many embryos are made, there is no choice other than cryopreservation of the not-transferred embryos. Along with development of these techniques, the number of In-vitro made embryos is rising and the number of transferred embryos is decreasing to prevent multiple gestat...