Urban biodiversity: patterns and mechanisms

SH Faeth, C Bang, S Saari - Annals of the new York Academy …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The patterns of biodiversity changes in cities are now fairly well established, although
diversity changes in temperate cities are much better studied than cities in other climate …

Confounding factors in the detection of species responses to habitat fragmentation

RM Ewers, RK Didham - Biological reviews, 2006 - cambridge.org
Habitat loss has pervasive and disruptive impacts on biodiversity in habitat remnants. The
magnitude of the ecological impacts of habitat loss can be exacerbated by the spatial …

[PDF][PDF] 基于INVEST 模型的土地利用格局变化对区域尺度生境质量的评估研究

陈妍, 乔飞, 江磊 - 北京大学学报(自然科学版), 2016 - 106.37.81.211
摘要为了探究城市化背景下土地利用格局变化对生境质量的影响, 应用INVEST
模型计算北京主要威胁源(城市, 农村, 主要交通干道, 耕地) 对生境退化的贡献, 评估北京1990 …

[PDF][PDF] 湖南省城市群生态网络构建与优化

尹海伟, 孔繁花, 祈毅, 王红扬, 周艳妮, 秦正茂 - 生态学报, 2011 - researchgate.net
大型生境斑块为区域生物多样性保护提供了重要的空间保障. 然而, 快速城市化使得大型生境斑
块变得日益破碎化, 岛屿化, 连接性不断下降, 且日益受到周边土地利用变化的强烈影响 …

Urban reconciliation ecology: the potential of living roofs and walls

RA Francis, J Lorimer - Journal of environmental management, 2011 - Elsevier
Reconciling human and non-human use of urban regions to support biological conservation
represents a major challenge for the 21st century. The concept of reconciliation ecology, by …

The effects of urban patterns on ecosystem function

M Alberti - International regional science review, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Urban ecological systems are characterized by complex interactions among social,
economic, institutional, and environmental variables. These interactions generate complex …

Urban green space network development for biodiversity conservation: Identification based on graph theory and gravity modeling

F Kong, H Yin, N Nakagoshi, Y Zong - Landscape and urban planning, 2010 - Elsevier
Urban areas can contain rich flora that contribute significantly to biodiversity, but loss and
isolation of habitats due to urban sprawl threaten biodiversity and warrant limits on …

A comparative study of urban expansion in Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang over the past three decades

W Wu, S Zhao, C Zhu, J Jiang - Landscape and urban planning, 2015 - Elsevier
Detailed comparative studies on spatiotemporal patterns of both urbanized area and urban
expansion over a relatively long timeframe are rare. Here, we compared spatiotemporal …

Landscape ecological approach to the relationships of land use patterns in watersheds to water quality characteristics

SW Lee, SJ Hwang, SB Lee, HS Hwang… - Landscape and urban …, 2009 - Elsevier
It is widely accepted that strong ties exist between land uses and the water quality of
adjacent aquatic systems within a watershed. Recently, studies of the relationships between …

Ecological resilience in urban ecosystems: Linking urban patterns to human and ecological functions

M Alberti, JM Marzluff - Urban ecosystems, 2004 - Springer
Urban ecosystems evolve over time and space as the outcome of dynamic interactions
between socio-economic and biophysical processes operating over multiple scales. The …