Landscape metrics have been used for years in research on the evolution of landscapes. They are also important process monitoring changes taking place functional and spatial structure rural areas. The main aim this article is to assess transformation landscape Puchaczów commune, which based a comparative analysis selected metrics. In due availability raw materials, mining industry has developed...

The Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle (CCEC) is becoming the fourth growth pole in China after Yangtze River Delta (YRDEC); Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao (GBAEC); Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei (BTHEC). land use landscape ecological management of CCEC critical to its social economic development. Using ArcGIS modeling Fragstats processing methods, we divided into 5 km × risk areas constructed a index...

The changes of natural habitat structure and function due to human interference is hastening worldwide, it compulsory preserve biological resources in a protected system. This study aims measure the landscape ecological extent fragmentation Bale mountains national park. land use/land cover change was determined by interpreting 1985, 1995, 2005 2017 Landsat images with ArcGIS 10.3, selected stru...

Abstract Context Habitat connectivity is key when designing reserve networks for conservation of species at risk. Acquiring land over time to achieve multiple in a systematic plan can pose challenge because not all high priority parcels will be acquired, occurrence data often limited, and using models together complex. Objectives We evaluated four possible acquisition strategies such their abil...

Birds are useful indicators of overall biodiversity, which continues to decline globally, despite targets reduce its loss. The aim this paper is understand the importance different spatial drivers for modelling bird distributions. Specifically, it assesses satellite-derived measures habitat productivity, heterogeneity and landscape structure diversity across Great Britain. Random forest (RF) re...

Halgurd Sakran National Park (HSNP) is Iraq’s first designated national park, located in the Kurdistan Region, which has suffered multiple armed conflicts over the past decades. This study assesses how vegetation dynamics have affected the landscape structure and composition of the core zone of the park over the last 31 years. Spatio-temporal changes in land cover were mapped for three points i...

Forests of the coastal plain region of the southern United States are unique in their productivity, biodiversity, and economic value. However, natural and anthropogenic disturbances may trigger forest age structure and spatial distribution variation. Detecting and predicting tree species distribution patterns can help to understand the dynamics of disturbances in order to develop adequate fores...