Habitat connectivity in biodiversity conservation: A review of recent studies and applications

CA Correa Ayram, ME Mendoza… - Progress in …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Protected area connectivity: Shortfalls in global targets and country-level priorities

S Saura, B Bertzky, L Bastin, L Battistella… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Connectivity of protected areas (PAs) is crucial for meeting their conservation goals. We
provide the first global evaluation of countries' progress towards Aichi Target 11 of the …

Hotspots of land use change in Europe

T Kuemmerle, C Levers, K Erb, S Estel… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Assessing changes in the extent and management intensity of land use is crucial to
understanding land-system dynamics and their environmental and social outcomes. Yet …

Futures of global urban expansion: uncertainties and implications for biodiversity conservation

B Güneralp, KC Seto - Environmental Research Letters, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Urbanization will place significant pressures on biodiversity across the world. However,
there are large uncertainties in the amount and location of future urbanization, particularly …

Drivers, constraints and trade-offs associated with recultivating abandoned cropland in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan

P Meyfroidt, F Schierhorn, AV Prishchepov… - Global Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Further cropland expansion might be unavoidable to satisfy the growing demand for land-
based products and ecosystem services. A crucial issue is thus to assess the trade-offs …

Marine spatial planning for connectivity and conservation through ecological corridors between marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation …

C Podda, EMD Porporato - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) promotes the sustainable human activities development
and uses in the marine space, playing a role in their effective management. The …

Archetypical patterns and trajectories of land systems in Europe

C Levers, D Müller, K Erb, H Haberl, MR Jepsen… - Regional Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Assessments of land-system change have dominantly focused on conversions among broad
land-use categories, whereas intensity changes within these categories have received less …

Delimitation of ecological corridors between conservation units in the Brazilian Cerrado using a GIS and AHP approach

DT Morandi, LC de Jesus França, ES Menezes… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Brazilian Cerrado is a biodiversity hotspot of global importance; however, it is
fragmented. The objective of this study is to identify suitable areas for ecological corridors …

Effects of past and future land conversions on forest connectivity in the Argentine Chaco

M Piquer-Rodríguez, S Torella, G Gavier-Pizarro… - Landscape …, 2015 - Springer
Context Land-use change is the main driver of habitat loss and fragmentation worldwide.
The rate of dry forest loss in the South American Chaco is among the highest in the world …

Change detection and prediction of urban land use changes by CA–Markov model (case study: Talesh County)

H Aliani, M Malmir, M Sourodi, SB Kafaky - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Earth's surface has continued to change due to human activities and natural reasons. Land
use and land cover (LULC) change is one of the significant issues which has considerable …