Abstract Purpose of the Review This paper reviews progress in the field of landscape
ecology related to the development of landscape metrics (ie, spatial pattern indices). We first …

Research on the association between urban green space and mental health has largely
focused on the presence or quantity of green space, rather than on the spatial distribution of …

Including biodiversity assessments in forest management planning is becoming increasingly
important due to the importance of biodiversity for forest ecosystem resilience provision and …

The variability in the amount and configuration of broad habitat types in the landscape,
together with their structural complexity, influence observed biodiversity patterns. When …

Mountains in western China, hosted rich biodiversity and millions of people and inhabitant
with vital ecosystem services, had experienced the most serious biodiversity loss with fragile …

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 …

Urban heat island (UHI) is a global issue as a result of urbanization. Land surface
temperature (LST) is closely related to the thermal environment and energy budget of the …

PM2. 5 refers to particulate matter (PM) in air that is less than 2.5 μm in aerodynamic
diameter, which has negative effects on air quality and human health. PM2. 5 is the main …

Natural habitats in rural and urban areas are increasingly fragmented and altered by human
impacts that are limiting the animal and plant dispersal process. Fragmentation and isolation …

The importance of landscape heterogeneity to biodiversity may depend on the size of the
geographic range of species, which in turn can reflect species traits (such as habitat …