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 ...

Besides landscape ecological studies, the traditional approach to trying to understand ecological processes that occur in a landscape is the use of spatial statistics. However, this does not take into account that many of ...

The environmental vulnerability of a landscape is directly associated with any physical, geomorphological, and spatial factors which directly interfere with the ecological functionality of natural areas. Therefore, the ...

The analysis of spatial patterns in a region is possible from the use of metrics of landscape ecology which allow for a quantitative description of the structural composition and spatial configuration, providing evidence-based ...

Species distribution models are used to aid our understanding of the processes driving the spatial patterns of species’ habitats. This approach has received criticism, however, largely because it neglects landscape metrics. ...

P>1. The use of indicators to identify areas of conservation importance has been challenged on several grounds, but nonetheless retains appeal as no more parsimonious approach exists. Among the many variants, two indicator ...

Purpose: The recently introduced concept of ‘landscape services’—ecosystem services influenced by landscape patterns—may be particularly useful in landscape planning by potentially increasing stakeholder participation and ...

Forest fragmentation is one of the factors which interfere in the sustainability of natural resources, biodiversity and life quality. In view of this, studies that assess the quantitative and qualitative environmental ...