Transportation infrastructures such as roads, railroads and canals can have major
environmental impacts. Ecological road effects include the destruction and fragmentation of …

The ecosystem services approach is an established framework for the balanced evaluation
of ecological, economic and social landscape resources. It promotes functional synergies …

This paper deals with the question of the role landscape metrics can play in the
investigation, evaluation and monitoring of landscape structure, and which linkages …

Landscape fragmentation is usually caused by many different anthropogenic influences and
landscape elements. Scientifically revealing the spatial relationships between landscape …

The assumption that increased wildfire incidence in the Mediterranean Basin during the last
decades is an outcome of changes in land use warrants an objective analysis. In this study …

Landscape fragmentation due to urban development, transportation infrastructure, and
agriculture poses a threat to environmental integrity. There is a need to quantify the level of …

Large fires and their impacts are a growing concern as changes in climate and land use
proceed. The study of large-fire controls remains incipient in comparison with other …

The effects of land abandonment on biodiversity have received considerable attention by
scholars, but results are far from conclusive. Different cultural traditions of scientists seem to …

Urban sprawl (dispersed urban development) has increased at alarming rates in Europe
and North America over the last 50 years. Quantitative data are urgently needed in …

Context Many connectivity metrics have been used to measure the connectivity of a
landscape and to evaluate the effects of land-use changes and potential mitigation …