Environmental heterogeneity is considered to be one of the main factors associated with
biodiversity given that areas with highly heterogeneous environments can host more …

Biodiversity has become a central concept in agronomical research since the Rio de Janeiro
summit in 1992. Agricultural areas include a unique biological diversity which is the basis of …

Biodiversity, a multidimensional property of natural systems, is difficult to quantify partly
because of the multitude of indices proposed for this purpose. Indices aim to describe …

This accessible and timely book provides a comprehensive overview of how to measure
biodiversity. The book highlights new developments, including innovative approaches to …

As one of the most important ecological functional area in China, the Hengduan Mountain
region has experienced dramatic land use/land cover changes (LUCC) over the past 20 …

Public open space (POS) is essential to urban areas. Assessing them usually requires
tedious approaches such as fieldwork and manual processes. Street View Imagery (SVI) …

This paper qualitatively examined urbanization impacts at an eco-regional scale by
analyzing landscape pattern and ecosystem service value changes in four eco-regions in …

The dynamics of urban population density (UPD) has attracted extensive attention from both
policymakers and scholars because it can be used to indicate the sustainability of city …

The aquarium trade and other wildlife consumers are at a crossroads forced by threats from
global climate change and other anthropogenic stressors that have weakened coastal …

Anecdotal accounts regarding reduced US cropping system diversity have raised concerns
about negative impacts of increasingly homogeneous cropping systems. However, formal …