#landscapeecology — Public Fediverse posts

Extinction debt (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

In ecology, extinction debt is the future extinction of species due to events in the past. The phrases dead clade walking and survival without recovery express the same idea. Extinction debt occurs because of time delays between impacts on a species, such as destruction of habitat, and the species' ultimate disappearance. For instance, lo...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_debt

#ExtinctionDebt #Ecology #Extinction #Biogeography #LandscapeEcology

Extinction debt (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

In ecology, extinction debt is the future extinction of species due to events in the past. The phrases dead clade walking and survival without recovery express the same idea. Extinction debt occurs because of time delays between impacts on a species, such as destruction of habitat, and the species' ultimate disappearance. For instance, lo...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_debt

#ExtinctionDebt #Ecology #Extinction #Biogeography #LandscapeEcology

How much does landform position matter for vegetation dynamics across Calgary?

I explored how ΔNDVI (2025-2024) varies across geomorphon classes (summit, ridge, slope, hollow, valley, etc.) using a large spatial dataset (~194k observations).

A few key points from the analysis:
• Non-parametric Kruskal–Wallis test shows statistically significant differences between geomorphons
• However, the effect size is moderate (ε² ≈ 0.04)
• Distributions strongly overlap — landform position matters, but it is not a deterministic driver
• Median ΔNDVI tends to be higher in lower landscape positions (hollows, footslopes, valleys), consistent with moisture and accumulation controls

#EnvironmentalData #RemoteSensing #NDVI #LandscapeEcology #Geomorphology #DataAnalysis #RStats
#ReproducibleResearch #Calgary #GreennessOfCalgary #Sentinel2

Disturbance (ecology) (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

In ecology, a disturbance is a change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Disturbances often act quickly and with great effect, to alter the physical structure or arrangement of biotic and abiotic elements. A disturbance can also occur over a long ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbance_(ecology)

#Disturbance #Habitat #LandscapeEcology #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalSuccession #EnvironmentalTerminology

Disturbance (ecology) (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

In ecology, a disturbance is a change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Disturbances often act quickly and with great effect, to alter the physical structure or arrangement of biotic and abiotic elements. A disturbance can also occur over a long ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbance_(ecology)

#Disturbance #Habitat #LandscapeEcology #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalSuccession #EnvironmentalTerminology

Disturbance (ecology) (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

In ecology, a disturbance is a change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Disturbances often act quickly and with great effect, to alter the physical structure or arrangement of biotic and abiotic elements. A disturbance can also occur over a long ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbance_(ecology)

#Disturbance #Habitat #LandscapeEcology #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalSuccession #EnvironmentalTerminology

Biogeography (Earth sciences 🌍)

Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time. Organisms and biological communities often vary in a regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, isolation and habitat area. Phytogeography is the branch of biogeography that stu...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogeography

#Biogeography #Habitat #EarthSciences #LandscapeEcology #PhysicalGeography #PhysicalOceanography

Cross-boundary subsidy (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

Cross-boundary subsidies are caused by organisms or materials that cross or traverse habitat patch boundaries, subsidizing the resident populations. The transferred organisms and materials may provide additional predators, prey, or nutrients to resident species, which can affect ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-boundary_subsidy

#CrossBoundarySubsidy #Ecology #SystemsEcology #LandscapeEcology #EcologicalRestoration #EnvironmentalConservation

Disturbance (ecology) (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

In ecology, a disturbance is a change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Disturbances often act quickly and with great effect, to alter the physical structure or arrangement of biotic and abiotic elements. A disturbance can also occur over a long ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbance_(ecology)

#Disturbance #Habitat #LandscapeEcology #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalSuccession #EnvironmentalTerminology

Disturbance (ecology) (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

In ecology, a disturbance is a change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Disturbances often act quickly and with great effect, to alter the physical structure or arrangement of biotic and abiotic elements. A disturbance can also occur over a long ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbance_(ecology)

#Disturbance #Habitat #LandscapeEcology #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalSuccession #EnvironmentalTerminology

Cross-boundary subsidy (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

Cross-boundary subsidies are caused by organisms or materials that cross or traverse habitat patch boundaries, subsidizing the resident populations. The transferred organisms and materials may provide additional predators, prey, or nutrients to resident species, which can affect ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-boundary_subsidy

#CrossBoundarySubsidy #Ecology #SystemsEcology #LandscapeEcology #EcologicalRestoration #EnvironmentalConservation

Mangrove restoration (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

Mangrove restoration is the regeneration of mangrove forest ecosystems in areas where they have previously existed. Restoration can be defined as "the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed." Mangroves can be found throughout coasta...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove_restoration

#MangroveRestoration #Mangroves #Bioremediation #LandscapeEcology #ConservationBiology #EcologicalRestoration

"The kinetic Ising model encapsulates essential dynamics of land pattern change"

In our recent paper, we investigated the suitability of the two-dimensional kinetic Ising model (IM), an idealized model from statistical mechanics, for simulating land change dynamics. We tested it on various patterns, each with a different focus land type.

Read it all at https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231005

Try the underlining software at https://jakubnowosad.com/spatialising/

#rstats #rspatial #spatialpattern #landscapeecology