This review examines the various strategies and methods used to produce benthic habitat
maps using acoustic remote sensing techniques, coupled with in situ sampling. The …

Landscape features exist at multiple spatial and temporal scales, and these naturally affect
spatial genetic structure and our ability to make inferences about gene flow. This article …

Ecosystem health assessment is always one of the key topics of ecosystem management.
However, few studies has focused on assessing ecosystem health of landscapes, which are …

This book provides a comprehensive discussion on urban growth and sprawl, and how they
can be analyzed using remote sensing imageries. It compiles views of numerous …

Nowadays, ecologists worldwide recognize the use of spatial analysis as essential.
However, because of the fast-growing range of methods available, even an expert might …

Landscape ecology has generated much excitement in the past two decades. One reason
was that it brought spatial analysis and modeling to the forefront of ecological research …

This study investigates land cover changes, magnitude and speed of urbanization and
evaluates possible impacts on the environment by the concepts of landscape metrics and …

Abstract The Three Gorges Project (TGP) is a mega-water conservancy and hydropower
project that have attracted worldwide attention. Under the influence of human activities, the …

The interrelated nature of landscape metrics calls for their joint application in analyzing
complicated landscape patterns and associated ecological processes. Using geographic …

Rapid urban expansion due to large scale land use/cover change, particularly in develo**
countries becomes a matter of concern since urbanization drives environmental change at …