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 …

This paper analyzes land use change, urbanization and their impact on the change in
landscape pattern in Tabriz metropolitan area (TMA) during the time period from 1996 to …

In this state-of-the-art review, we investigate the use of landscape metrics in landscape
ecology studies to predict structure of avian communities. We reviewed papers published in …

Rapid urban expansion, accompanied by intense landscape changes, significantly affects
natural habitats. Promoting sustainable urban development, such as the compact city …

Background Understanding spatio-temporal dynamics of UF and its above-ground carbon
storage (CS) is important for mitigating urban CO 2 emissions under China's rapid urban …

Geodiversity incorporates many of the environmental patterns and processes that are
considered determinants of biodiversity. However, research on the spatial relations between …

Land use and land cover patterns have been substantially changed under the intense global
urbanization process. With the growing concern on the effects of land use/land cover change …

An important level of biodiversity, alongside the diversity of genes and species, is the
diversity of ecosystems and landscapes. In this contribution an indicator system is proposed …

The spatial structure and configuration of land-use patches, ie, landscape patterns could
affect the flow of energy and materials in inner-urban ecosystems, and hence the …

The conceptual and methodological debate on urban form has grown in the last decades to
recognize that social, economic, demographic and political processes can contribute to the …