The study of landscape connectivity in conservation has increased considerably since the
early part of the 21st century. While the implications of landscape connectivity are self …

Geographic Information tools (GI tools) have become an essential component of research in
landscape ecology. In this article we review the use of GIS (Geographic Information …

Implementing ecological conservation and restoration of territorial spaces is an effective way
of building an ecological civilization while maintaining national ecological security in the …

Context Regional ecological networks play an important role in biodiversity conservation
and should be constructed and optimized for continued ecosystem functioning. Objectives …

With rapid urbanization and frequent disasters, regional ecosystem resilience decreased
continuously. Strengthening the resilience of the ecological network is conducive to …

Today, major landscape changes affect ecological connectivity exerting adverse effects on
ecosystems. Connectivity is a critical element of landscape structure and supports …

The increased availability of mapped environmental data calls for better tools to analyze the
spatial characteristics and information contained in those maps. Publicly available, user …

Abstract The Central African region hosts the largest continuous tract of forest in Africa,
regulating global climate while providing essential resources and livelihoods for millions of …

This paper presents a method for segmenting binary patterns into seven mutually exclusive
categories: core, islet, loop, bridge, perforation, edge, and branch. This is achieved by …

The increasing landscape heterogeneity in the agro-pastoral areas and the contradiction
between the development and biodiversity conservation is becoming more and more …