Farmland birds belong to the most endangered group of vertebrates in Europe. They are an
important component of farmland biodiversity considering the numerous functions they …

Ecological considerations in urban planning stem mostly from the recent sustainable
development requirements. In current urban planning, ecological considerations rarely take …

Green spaces have been proved to have a positive effect on traffic noise pollution in the
local scale; however their effects have not been explored on the urban level. This paper …

During the process of urbanization, many green spaces are fragmented for other uses. The
key problems for researchers and planners are reducing the fragmentation of green spaces …

Landscape patterns are significantly affected by biophysical factors and human activities,
and the identification of their determinants is important in analyzing landscape changes. We …

Fragmentation, as one of the most distinct characteristics of agricultural landscapes
worldwide, has resulted in a diversity of ecological consequences. It remains as a gap in the …

The optimization of the landscape ecological security pattern aims to construct a suitable
ecological environment and promote the harmonious development between humans and …

The optimization of the ecological network structure in Nanping can provide a scientific
reference for guaranteeing ecological safety in Southeast China. This study estimated …

The increasing scale of urbanization and human activities has resulted in the fragmentation
of natural habitats, leading to the reduction of ecological landscape connectivity and …

Currently, raster-based landscape indices (LIs) that measures the landscape pattern of
raster-format land-use data, can be easily computed by relevant software (eg, Fragstats) …