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Landscape: From common good to human right
(International Association for the Study of the Commons, 2017)
This paper analyses how the current concept of landscape, which overcomes
a scenery-based characterisation and a confinement to classical aesthetics
and art, relates to the notions of the common good, commons and commons ...
The historical dimension as a guide-tool identification and reading wine landscape character of Mendoza, Argentina
(IJAER Research Publishing, 2016-03)
The wine landscape of the province of Mendoza is characterized by an integrating heterogeneity and active, own agricultural production activity dynamism. This is considered as a cultural heritage and a provincial collective ...
LandScape Corridors (lscorridors): a new software package for modelling ecological corridors based on landscape patterns and species requirements
(2017-11-01)
Maintaining connectivity is one of the main challenges for biodiversity conservation world-wide. Ecological corridors are important to maintain landscape connectivity, but their efficiency depends on landscape patterns and ...
Evaluating the legacy of landscape history: extinction debt and species credit in bird and small mammal assemblages in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
(WILEY-BLACKWELLHOBOKEN, 2012)
There is now an extensive literature on extinction debt following deforestation. However, the potential for species credit in landscapes that have experienced a change from decreasing to expanding forest cover has received ...
Landscape and Health: Connecting Psychology, Aesthetics, and Philosophy through the Concept of Affordance
(Frontiers Media, 2016)
In this paper we address a frontier topic in the humanities, namely how the cultural and natural construction that we call landscape affects well-being and health. Following an updated review of evidence-based literature ...
Agroforestry landscapes and global change: Landscape ecology tools for management and conservation
(Springer, 2012-11)
Forest ecosystems are impacted by multiple uses under the influence of global drivers, and where landscape ecology tools may substantially facilitate the management and conservation of the agroforestry ecosystems. The use ...
A Framework to Optimize Biodiversity Restoration Efforts Based on Habitat Amount and Landscape Connectivity
(2013-09-11)
The effectiveness of ecological restoration actions toward biodiversity conservation depends on both local and landscape constraints. Extensive information on local constraints is already available, but few studies consider ...
Landscape ecology and biodiversity in agricultural landscapes
(Elsevier, 2013-03-01)
Agriculture is mainly seen as a threat for biodiversity of agro-ecosystems. Intensification of agriculture and its expansion into marginal lands has substantially modified the physiognomy of rural landscapes through ...
Scaling functions evaluation for estimation of landscape metrics at higher resolutions
(Elsevier Science, 2014-07)
Understanding the relationship between landscape pattern and environmental processes requires quantification of landscape pattern at multiple scales. This will make it possible to relate broad-scale patterns to fine-scale ...
Rapid assessment of distribution of wildlife and human activities for prioritizing conservation actions in a Patagonian landscape
(Public Library of Science, 2015-06-10)
Large landscapes encompassing reserves and areas with other human uses are necessary for conservation of many species. Generating information for conservation planning over such landscapes may be expensive and time-consuming, ...