Incorporating barriers restoration and step** stones establishment to enhance the connectivity of watershed ecological security patterns

D Xu, J Peng, H Jiang, J Dong, M Liu, Y Chen, J Wu… - Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
Enhancing the connectivity of watershed ecological security patterns (ESPs) is increasingly
emphasized for preserving ecological processes. Yet the importance of small-scale …

[HTML][HTML] A critical role of the capital green belt in constraining urban sprawl and its fragmentation measurement

L Zhou, Y Gong, D López-Carr, C Huang - Land Use Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban green belts (UGBs), an important green infrastructure of cities, have the functions of
constraining urban sprawl, which are of great significance to urban green, resilient and …

Addressing critical gaps in protected area coverage for bird habitats in China

Z Cai, R Chen, M Yang, FA La Sorte, Y Chen… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Currently, protected areas cover approximately 14% of the Earth's land surface, yet 12.2% of
the world's bird species remain unprotected by any designated areas and face significant …

Combining local monitoring data and scientific models to prioritize conservation for European ground squirrel and safeguard grassland habitats

TN Lugonja, R Pouwels, M Arok, D Radišić, N Ćosić… - Landscape …, 2025 - Springer
Context Promoting grassland habitat networks within agricultural landscapes is essential for
supporting biodiversity. However, the characteristics of these networks are often poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Classification of protected grassland habitats using deep learning architectures on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery data

G Díaz-Ireland, D Gülçin, A López-Sánchez… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the effectiveness of five deep learning models—ViTb-19, SwinV2-t,
VGG-16, ResNet-50, and DenseNet-121—in distinguishing different vegetation types in the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing Climate Change Impact on Habitat Suitability and Ecological Connectivity of Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra Huds.) in Türkiye

B Ar, J Velázquez, EE Tonyaloğlu, M Sezgin… - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
Understanding how climate change influences the geographical distribution of species
within an ecological niche is essential for predicting habitat shifts and informing …