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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Martina Venturi, Francesco Piras, Federica Corrieri, Beatrice Fiore, Antonio Santoro, Mauro Agnoletti
Summary: This study evaluated landscape diversity in Tuscany by analyzing land uses and landscape structures in 20 study areas, revealing correlations between landscape types and complexity. The methodology provided valuable data for assessing landscape structures and creating a database for future monitoring.
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Urban Studies
Jinyao Lin, Xia Li, Youyue Wen, Peiting He
Summary: Cellular automaton (CA) is a useful tool for modeling land-use changes, and the patch-based CA model is superior to the cell-based CA model in considering local-scale spatial homogeneity of urban growth. However, traditional patch-based CA lacks the incorporation of landscape pattern information. To address this limitation, a novel landscape-driven patch-based CA model is proposed, which can consider both landscape similarity and cell-by-cell agreement.
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Environmental Sciences
Ahmed Ali Bindajam, Javed Mallick, Hoang Thi Hang
Summary: Urbanization in India is causing negative impacts on the environment and human health due to the expansion of built-up areas and the decline of vegetation and water bodies. To address this issue, the study examines urban expansion processes in English Bazar Municipality. The study identifies an increase in built-up areas accompanied by decreased vegetation and increased fragmentation over time. To promote sustainable urban development, stakeholders and the government should prioritize the conservation and creation of green and blue spaces through the incorporation of green infrastructure, smart city principles, community engagement, and partnerships with local businesses.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Ecology
Jonathan R. Cole, Angela Kross, Jochen A. G. Jaeger
Summary: Although many species have transboundary geographic ranges, most conservation initiatives do not cross political boundaries. This research measures changes in landscape composition and configuration within the Adirondack-to-Laurentians transboundary wildlife linkage (A2L) to identify priority areas for conservation and restoration.
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Environmental Studies
Yingxue Rao, Jingyi Dai, Deyi Dai, Qingsong He
Summary: The study found significant positive correlations between the compactness of urban growth and land surface temperature, which varied across different temperature zones. Additionally, different factors were shown to have significant effects on land surface temperature, and the existence of a scale effect was confirmed.
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Susana Pascual, Marta Ortega, Maria Villa
Summary: The complexity of the landscape has an impact on the biological control of the olive moth, favoring lacewings and egg predation in complex landscapes. The study also suggests that simple landscapes are more susceptible to olive moth attacks.
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Chao Chen, Pangong Cao
Summary: With the rapid economic development, the distribution of urban landscapes has become a focal point, with construction land continuously expanding at the expense of agricultural land, forestry land, and water patch resources. Analysis shows an overall trend of expansion for construction land patches, while agricultural land, forestry land, and grassland have suffered damages initially but are increasingly concentrated in recent years under the concept of sustainable development.
FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
(2021)
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Ecology
Mauricio Quintero-Angel, Ashley Coles, Andres A. Duque-Nivia
Summary: This study examines the land use transitions and landscape appropriation in the Colombian South Pacific region across three historical periods, showing an increase in landscape appropriation due to various factors such as changes in environmental ideologies, labor relations, population growth, transportation technologies, and diversity of circulated goods.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Vassilis Detsis, Eleni Gkadolou, Katerina Koutsovoulou, Georgios Tolias
Summary: This study uses textual descriptions from travelers to investigate land degradation in the Peloponnese region of Greece. By comparing historical and current landscapes, the study finds evidence of limited land degradation over the past few centuries, including conversion of natural vegetation to agricultural areas and degradation of some forests.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Yang Xiang, Yang Ye, Chucai Peng, Mingjun Teng, Zhixiang Zhou
Summary: Urban heat island and air pollution are common environmental problems in urban areas. This study analyzes the influencing factors and their interactions on land surface temperature and aerosol optical depth, and proposes strategies to mitigate these issues by optimizing the landscape pattern. The results show that landscape metrics and green quantity have direct or indirect effects on land surface temperature and aerosol optical depth.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Yevgeniya Korol, Watit Khokthong, Delphine C. Zemp, Bambang Irawan, Holger Kreft, Dirk Hoelscher
Summary: In tropical landscapes dominated by oil palm monocultures, scattered trees were found to be abundant, mostly small-statured, suggesting that most of the trees are young and do not reach larger dimensions.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Martin Salek, Karolina Kalinova, Renata Dankova, Stanislav Grill, Michal Zmihorski
Summary: This study compared farmland bird communities in Austria and the Czech Republic, finding significantly higher abundance and species richness of farmland birds in Austria compared to the Czech Republic, likely due to differences in agricultural systems and landscape structures.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Per Angelstam, Michael Manton, Taras Yamelynets, Mariia Fedoriak, Andra-Cosmina Albulescu, Felipe Bravo, Fatima Cruz, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Marika Kavtarishvili, Jose Munoz-Rojas, Frans Sijtsma, Carla-Leanne Washbourne, Mauro Agnoletti, Denis Dobrynin, Zita Izakovicova, Nicklas Jansson, Robert Kanka, Leena Kopperoinen, Marius Lazdinis, Marc Metzger, Bert van der Moolen, Deniz Ozut, Dori Pavloska Gjorgieska, Natalie Stryamets, Ahmet Tolunay, Turkay Turkoglu, Asiya Zagidullina
Summary: The study aims to explore the historic and current states of representative land cover types in order to maintain functional green infrastructures (GIs). Across 16 case study regions, the potential natural forest vegetation cover averaged 86%, but has been reduced to 34% historically. Forest loss varies in different social-ecological contexts.
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Environmental Studies
Joseph Oduro Appiah, Williams Agyemang-Duah
Summary: This study utilized remote sensing and GIS technologies to analyze land use in the Tano-Offin Forest Reserve in Ghana, and found that forest patches within 1 km from barren grounds and access roads are larger. To maintain large and contiguous forest cover, policies should be implemented to prevent barren ground creation and expansion, and buffers should be established along access roads to prevent further fragmentation.
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Ecology
Arne Saatkamp, Frederic Henry, Thierry Dutoit
Summary: Archaeological investigations in the species-rich French Mediterranean dry grasslands revealed a dense network of ancient sheep corrals dating from Roman to modern times, showing a persistent impact on present-day ecosystems. The study highlighted changes in vegetation that persist two millennia after human impacts ceased, indicating the significant impacts of Roman pastoral legacies on present-day herbaceous plant communities. This calls for greater consideration of persisting eutrophication and the conservation value of long-term legacies in dry grasslands.
Article
Ecology
Haben Blondeel, Michael P. Perring, Laurent Berges, Jorg Brunet, Guillaume Decocq, Leen Depauw, Martin Diekmann, Dries Landuyt, Jaan Liira, Sybryn L. Maes, Margot Vanhellemont, Monika Wulf, Kris Verheyen
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Plant Sciences
Meili Baragatti, Paul-Marie Grollemund, Pierre Montpied, Jean-Luc Dupouey, Joel Gravier, Claude Murat, Francois Le Tacon
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Environmental Sciences
Simon Tarabon, Laurent Berges, Thierry Dutoit, Francis Isselin-Nondedeu
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2019)
Editorial Material
Ecology
Philippe Janssen, Laurent Berges, Marc Fuhr, Yoan Paillet
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Simon Tarabon, Laurent Berges, Thierry Dutoit, Francis Isselin-Nondedeu
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2019)
Article
Plant Sciences
Thibault Leroy, Quentin Rougemont, Jean-Luc Dupouey, Catherine Bodenes, Celine Lalanne, Caroline Belser, Karine Labadie, Gregoire Le Provost, Jean-Marc Aury, Antoine Kremer, Christophe Plomion
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Maxime Burst, Sandrine Chauchard, Etienne Dambrine, Jean-Luc Dupouey, Bernard Amiaud
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Walter Seidling, Leena Hamberg, Frantisek Malis, Maija Salemaa, Lado Kutnar, Janusz Czerepko, Thomas Kompa, Vaclav Burianek, Jean-Luc Dupouey, Anna Vodalova, Roberto Canullo
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2020)
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Environmental Sciences
Laurent Berges, Catherine Avon, Lucie Bezombes, Celine Clauzel, Remi Duflot, Jean-Christophe Foltete, Stephanie Gaucherand, Xavier Girardet, Thomas Spiegelberger
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2020)
Article
Plant Sciences
Juliet Abadie, Jean-Luc Dupouey, Aline Salvaudon, Sophie Gachet, Noemie Videau, Catherine Avon, Jerome Dumont, Thierry Tatoni, Laurent Berges
Summary: The study found that plants in ancient forests are more likely to be forest specialists, shade-tolerant, and perennial, while those in recent forests are more likely to be annual, wind-dispersed, and sun-loving species. Different historical land use types have different effects on plant traits and ecological preferences, indicating distinct trajectories of succession in forest understorey communities.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Laurent Berges, Jean-Luc Dupouey
Summary: Forest area in European countries has significantly increased since the 19th century, with at least half of today's forests growing on previously cultivated lands. However, this net forest expansion masks a slow erosion of ancient forests. Meanwhile, forest resource harvesting has shifted towards increased growing stocks in the past two centuries.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Francois-Marie Martin, Philippe Janssen, Laurent Berges, Blandine Dupont, Andre Evette
Summary: Riparian corridors are vital for maintaining regional biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Different riverbank stabilisation structures were studied, with soil bioengineering structures showing the most ecological benefits in terms of habitat quality and connectivity.
WETLANDS ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Sylvain Mollier, Jean-Luc Dupouey, Georges Kunstler, Pierre Montpied, Laurent Berges
Summary: This study investigates the legacy effects of different former land uses on recent forests and finds that former cropland has a stronger legacy effect compared to former pastures or meadows. The results show distinct differences in soil conditions, taxonomic composition, and functional composition between ancient forests and former pastures, meadows, and cropland.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Etienne Lalechere, Laurent Berges
Summary: This study introduces a new validation procedure to evaluate the accuracy of ecological corridor locations. Results show that approaches based on species presence data are more accurate than those based on land cover. The validation procedure can be used to assess the accuracy of ecological corridors location, select the best method for determining ecological corridors, and validate the underlying assumptions of landscape connectivity approaches.