Keshtkar, Mostafa Mokhtari, Zahra Sayahnia, Romina
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Journal of Landscape Ecology
Globally, urbanization changes land use/land cover (LULC) and alters ecosystem functions and services. Soil retention (SR) is a critical ecological service that is strongly related to LULC change. The topic of this study is assessment of LULC change on soil retention service (SRS) in a fragile seminatural-urbanized landscape of the Jajrood basin in...
Tzvetkov, Jordan
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Journal of Landscape Ecology
This article presents a study of the historical dynamics of human impact on the landscapes of Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria. Information about the main historical and present-day anthropogenic impacts on landscapes was obtained from a various data sources and field research. These impacts include hunting, agriculture, grazing, logging, charcoal produc...
Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Veerabhadrappa, S.M.
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Journal of Landscape Ecology
Greater NOIDA evolved from 1991 with 101 villages to 2020 with 293 villages. This is an ideal case of rural to urban transformation in the immediate past. This transformation led to a decrease in recharging natural surfaces and an increase in impermeable surfaces. Along with the reduction in recharge areas, an increase in population has necessitate...
Tekle, Tirebo Maryo, Melesse
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Journal of Landscape Ecology
Mountainous ecosystems provide social, economic, and environmental services at different scales. Nonetheless, currently, they have been exposed to environmental degradation risks. This study was conducted to investigate woody plant species diversity and threats to the study forest. Systematic sampling was employed to collect vegetation data from fi...
Hussein, Abdulbasit Dejene, Sintayehu Workeneh Aschalew, Abebe
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Journal of Landscape Ecology
The study was conducted at Babile Elephant Sanctuary (BES), to identify and document the list of woody species, and to analyze the diversity, richness, evenness, and population structural status of woody species. The diversity of plant species and population structure of woody species were analyzed from 60 quadrats, each with 20 m x 20 m for trees ...
Kilianová, Helena Pechanec, Vilém Prokopová, Marcela Kirchner, Karel
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Journal of Landscape Ecology
This paper focuses on evaluating the functional connectivity of naturally valuable habitats within the territory of the Jeseníky Protected Landscape Area (PLA). Analysis of functional connectivity was carried out for individual zones of classified nature preservation. The methodological approach that is applied is based on determining indicators fo...
Yasir, Yasir Firzal, Yohannes Yesicha, Chelsy Sulistyani, Andri
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Journal of Landscape Ecology
This study aims to explore environmental communication based on local wisdom in conserving forests in the Kenegerian Sentajo, Riau Province, Indonesia. This study uses a qualitative approach with an interactive model. Researchers interact and are directly involved in many community activities. The results indicate that environmental communication i...
Dobrovodská, Marta Moyzeová, Milena Bezák, Peter Mojses, Matej
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Journal of Landscape Ecology
Public perception and knowledge of land use changes, and preferences for future landscape development, can contribute to planning processes at different levels from the local to the national. Participatory processes and use of local knowledge are necessary for precise planning purposes and management of public affairs. This paper analyses the resul...
Howard, Peter
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Journal of Landscape Ecology
From a largely autobiographical perspective, the development of the European concept of landscape is considered through the last fifty years, focussed on the gap between the environmental idea which has progressively become more ecological, so the landscape idea has become much more cultural. When they work together, there can be outstanding result...
Sharma, Richa Pradhan, Lolita Kumari, Maya Bhattacharya, Prodyut
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Journal of Landscape Ecology
Urban planning, with special attention to green space development, offers a relatively simple and low-cost solution to the impacts of climate change and urbanization faced by urban centres. The present work examines the spatial variability of availability of adequate sites for the development of urban green amenities in Noida city. Multi-criteria a...
