scholarly journals Mapping Urbanisation-related Landscape Change near Roads Using Spatial Gradients: A Case Study from Estonia

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Change ◽  
Spatial Gradients

Urbanisation-related Landscape Change in Space and Time along Spatial Gradients near Roads: A Case Study from Estonia

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramon Reimets ◽  
Evelyn Uuemaa ◽  
Tõnu Oja ◽  
Eveli Sisas ◽  
Ülo Mander
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Change ◽  
Spatial Gradients ◽  
Space And Time

scholarly journals High Resolution Landscape Change Analysis with CORONA KH-4B Imagery. A Case Study from Iron Gates Reservoir Area

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 200-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan Mihai ◽  
Constantin Nistor ◽  
Liviu Toma ◽  
Ionuţ Săvulescu
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Landscape Change ◽  
Change Analysis ◽  
Reservoir Area

An interdisciplinary approach to depict landscape change drivers: A case study of the Ticuiz agrarian community in Michoacan, Mexico

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minerva Campos ◽  
Alejandro Velázquez ◽  
Gerardo Bocco Verdinelli ◽  
Margaret Skutsch ◽  
Martí Boada Juncà ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Change ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach

Landscape change assessment of reservation areas using remote sensing and landscape metrics (case study: Jajroud reservation, Iran)

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1701-1717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirkou Jaafari ◽  
Yousef Sakieh ◽  
Afshin Alizadeh Shabani ◽  
Afshin Danehkar ◽  
Ali-akbar Nazarisamani
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Landscape Metrics ◽  
Landscape Change ◽  
Change Assessment

Can owls be used to monitor the impacts of urbanisation? A cautionary tale of variable detection

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raylene Cooke ◽  
Hannah Grant ◽  
Isabel Ebsworth ◽  
Anthony R. Rendall ◽  
Bronwyn Isaac ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Change ◽  
Urban Forest ◽  
Biodiversity Monitoring ◽  
Occupancy Models ◽  
Detection Rates ◽  
Temperature Conditions ◽  
Detection Probabilities ◽  
Barn Owls ◽  
Time Of Year

Context Due to their important ecological roles, predators are increasingly being suggested as targets for biodiversity studies investigating how they respond to landscape change and transformation. But there is limited literature investigating our capacity to accurately monitor changes in their occupancy. Aims To test the efficacy of playback surveys for monitoring owls as a basis for investigating change in owl occupancy over time. We ask whether playback is an effective tool, and whether it can be optimised to improve its utility. Methods Using the urban–forest interface of Melbourne, Australia, as a case study, we used playback techniques to survey for the presence of three owl species: the powerful owl (Ninox strenua); southern boobook (Ninox boobook); and eastern barn owl (Tyto javanica). Sites were repeat surveyed at least 16 times throughout the year and occupancy models were developed to establish how season and temperature influence nightly detection probabilities of owls. Key results All three species of owl were detected through playback survey approaches, but the detection probabilities varied greatly between species and across seasons and temperature conditions. Eastern barn owls are poor candidates for playback surveys due to their low detection probabilities. The southern boobook and powerful owl are responsive to playback, but detection probabilities are influenced by season and/or temperature conditions. To optimise survey approaches, southern boobooks should be surveyed during spring and summer and the powerful owl should be surveyed on nights where the minimum temperature is near 20°C. Conclusions Although there is considerable interest in using predators such as owls to monitor biodiversity impacts associated with landscape change, poor detection rates can limit their utility. However, optimising survey approaches that consider shifting detection probabilities under different conditions such as time of year or temperature may improve the utility of predators as surrogates in biodiversity monitoring. Implications Optimising survey approaches for owls considerably reduces the window of opportunity in which to conduct surveys. To counter this, the intensity of survey effort needs to be increased during key periods. The use of highly trained citizen science teams may be one effective way of delivering such an approach.

scholarly journals Valuing Nature for Wellbeing: Narratives of Socio-ecological Change in Dynamic Intertidal Landscapes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Roberts ◽  
Merryn Thomas ◽  
Nick Pidgeon ◽  
Karen Henwood
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Landscape Change ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Ecological Change ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Management Strategies ◽  
Study Sites

Contributing to the cultural ecosystem services literature, this paper draws on the in-depth place narratives of two coastal case-study sites in Wales (UK) to explore how people experience and understand landscape change in relation to their sense of place, and what this means for their wellbeing. Our place narratives reveal that participants understand coastal/intertidal landscapes as complex socio-ecological systems filled with competing legitimate claims that are difficult to manage. Such insights suggest that a focus on diachronic integrity (Holland and O’Neill 1996) within place narratives might offer a route to more socially and culturally acceptable environmental management strategies.

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