#landscapeecology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #landscapeecology, aggregated by home.social.
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🌲 Landscape Metrics in R Workshop presented by Paige Wirth.
An introduction to calculating landscape metrics and analyzing spatial patterns in land-cover data using R.
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R Coding for Ecology chapter on the cartogram package explores mapping ecological patterns with cartograms.
Demonstrates visualizing sampling bias and ecological variables by resizing regions based on data values.Chapter: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99665-8_14
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Habitat (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ecological niche. Thus "habitat" is a species-specific term, fundamentally different from concepts such as environment or v...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat
#Habitat #Ecology #Habitats #SystemsEcology #LandscapeEcology
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Monarch Watch (Habitat 🌄)
Monarch Watch is a volunteer-based citizen science organization that tracks the fall migration of the monarch butterfly. It is self-described as "a nonprofit education, conservation, and research program based at the University of Kansas that focuses on the monarch butterfly, its habitat, and its spectacular fall migratio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_Watch
#MonarchWatch #Habitat #CitizenScience #AnimalMigration #LandscapeEcology #InsectConservation
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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
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Landscape conservation cooperatives (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
The Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, established in 2009 in the United States, are a network of 22 regional conservation bodies covering the entire United States and adjacent areas. They are autonomous cooperatives sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Interior and aim to develop coordinated conservation stra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_conservation_cooperatives
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New R Coding for Ecology chapter on measuring landscape patterns with landscapemetrics and motif 📊🌍
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99665-8_10
Preprint: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.06559
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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
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Landscape ecology (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
Landscape ecology is the science of studying and improving relationships between ecological processes in the environment and particular ecosystems. This is done within a variety of landscape scales, development spatial patterns, and organizational levels of research and policy. Landscape ecology can be described as...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_ecology
#LandscapeEcology #Habitat #Landscape #Biogeography #SystemsEcology #EnvironmentalDesign
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Landscape conservation cooperatives (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
The Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, established in 2009 in the United States, are a network of 22 regional conservation bodies covering the entire United States and adjacent areas. They are autonomous cooperatives sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Interior and aim to develop coordinated conservation stra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_conservation_cooperatives
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Landscape conservation cooperatives (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
The Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, established in 2009 in the United States, are a network of 22 regional conservation bodies covering the entire United States and adjacent areas. They are autonomous cooperatives sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Interior and aim to develop coordinated conservation stra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_conservation_cooperatives
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🫐 The Blueberry Map Experiment — modelling meets the mountains
In 2022, while living with my family in the Czech Republic, I built a digital map of wild blueberry hotspots in the Jizera Mountains.
At first, it looked like a fun summer project — our neighbors used the map to find the best berry spots and enjoy the landscape.
But behind it was a serious experiment: I tested species distribution modelling (SDM) methods, later adapted for wide-world rare earth element prediction.Within this “blueberry project” I:
🔹 automated the full spatial workflow in R and QGIS,
🔹 generated geomorphons and other terrain-based predictors,
🔹 built and validated ML models,
🔹 created probability maps and tested them in the field.✨ What started as a family hobby became a field-tested workflow for predictive geoscience.
#DataScience #MachineLearning #GIS #SpatialModeling #SDM #CzechRepublic #RemoteSensing #Geoscience #RStats #EnvironmentalData #PredictiveMapping #LandscapeEcology #RareEarthElements #CriticalMinerals
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Ecotype (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
Ecotypes are organisms which belong to the same species but possess different phenotypical features as a result of environmental factors such as elevation, climate and predation. Ecotypes can be seen in wide geographical distributions and may eventually lead to speciation.
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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
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Road barrier effect (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
The barrier effect of roads and highways is a phenomenon usually associated with landscape ecology, referring to the barrier that linear infrastructure like roads or railways place on the movement of animals. Largely viewed as a negative process, the barrier effect has also been found to have several positive effects, particularly with smaller species. To reduc...
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Spatial configuration (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
In landscape ecology, spatial configuration describes the spatial pattern of patches in a landscape. Most traditional spatial configuration measurements take into account aspects of patches within the landscape, including patches' size, shape, density, connectivity and fractal dimension. Other measurements are pixel-based, such as contagion and lacunarity...
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Ecosystem engineer (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
An ecosystem engineer is any species that creates, significantly modifies, maintains or destroys a habitat. These organisms can have a large impact on species richness and landscape-level heterogeneity of an area. As a result, ecosystem engineers are important for maintaining the health and stability of th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem_engineer
#EcosystemEngineer #Habitat #SystemsEcology #EcologicalNiche #InvasiveSpecies #LandscapeEcology
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Ecoregion conservation status (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
Conservation status is a measure used in conservation biology to assess an ecoregion's degree of habitat alteration and habitat conservation. It is used to set priorities for conservation. Ecoregion Conservation Status refers to the assessment and categorization of the ecological health, biodiversity...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoregion_conservation_status
#EcoregionConservationStatus #Ecoregions #LandscapeEcology #ConservationBiology
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Ecotype (Zoology 🦥)
Ecotypes are organisms which belong to the same species but possess different phenotypical features as a result of environmental factors such as elevation, climate and predation. Ecotypes can be seen in wide geographical distributions and may eventually lead to speciation.
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Ecoregion conservation status (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
Conservation status is a measure used in conservation biology to assess an ecoregion's degree of habitat alteration and habitat conservation. It is used to set priorities for conservation. Ecoregion Conservation Status refers to the assessment and categorization of the ecological health, biodiversity...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoregion_conservation_status
#EcoregionConservationStatus #Ecoregions #LandscapeEcology #ConservationBiology
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Road barrier effect (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
The barrier effect of roads and highways is a phenomenon usually associated with landscape ecology, referring to the barrier that linear infrastructure like roads or railways place on the movement of animals. Largely viewed as a negative process, the barrier effect has also been found to have several positive effects, particularly with smaller species. To reduc...
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Thrilling update on #IALE2025 #LandscapeEcology Congress in Bratislava (2–5 Sept 2025):
Over 450 abstracts have been submitted and are now being reviewed to curate an outstanding program. In the meantime, three keynote speakers have been announced!Stay tuned for more information and updates and visit:
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Ecotype (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
Ecotypes are organisms which belong to the same species but possess different phenotypical features as a result of environmental factors such as elevation, climate and predation. Ecotypes can be seen in wide geographical distributions and may eventually lead to speciation.
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The newest edition of the IALE-Europe Newsletter is now available, featuring key updates on the #IALE2025 European Landscape Ecology Congress "Landscape Perspectives in a Rapidly Changing World", taking place in Bratislava, Slovakia, from 2–5 September 2025. Amongst others this issue highlights the call for abstracts, keynote speakers, and opportunities for special issues & conference paper publications
Additionally, we cover the latest activities of the IALE-Europe Working Groups (WG), as well as early details on the upcoming IALE-Europe PhD course.
This Newsletter includes updates from various European Chapters, including Landscape Ecology UK, IALE-France, and IALE-Sweden. Special focus is given to the German-speaking Chapter (IALE-D), celebrating its 25th anniversary!
We also pay tribute to Prof. Milan Ružička, one of the founding figures of IALE, in a heartfelt obituary.
Stay informed and engaged with the latest in #LandscapeEcology #IALE
https://mailchi.mp/56dbdf81563e/iale-europe-newsletter-winter-2025
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🚀 New in PyLandStats!
The PyLandStats Python package by Marti Bosch now supports pattern-based spatial analysis! 🌍📊
Check out an example here: 🔗 https://buff.ly/3EOVQIc
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Changements de la biodiversité : l'exemple de la Haute vallée de la #Jonte au #MontAigoual
#MaxDebussche et #GenevièveDebusscheRimbault, chercheurs #CNRS au #CentreEcologieFonctionnelleetEvolutive à #Montpellier, maintenant retraités, viennent de publier une étude scientifique d'ampleur sur laquelle le #ParcnationaldesCévennes a collaboré.
Ce travail repose sur près de 40 ans de prospections de terrain dans la haute vallée de la Jonte, en cœur de Parc. Les suivis réguliers sur un même site, avec une méthodologie constante et sur une si longue durée, sont extrêmement rares. Ces données s’avèrent ainsi précieuses pour analyser les transformations qui affectent la biodiversité. Elles ont également été mises à profit au fil des années par le service scientifique du Parc pour enrichir ses propres recherches.
Cet article, écrit par les deux chercheurs, propose un résumé des principaux résultats présentés dans l’ouvrage (l'étude complète est disponible en téléchargement en fin d'article). #ecologie #geographie #phytosociologie #BraunBlanquet #ecology #landscapeecology #Cévennes
@geography
https://cevennes-parcnational.fr/fr/actualites/changements-de-la-biodiversite-lexemple-de-la-haute-vallee-de-la-jonte-au-mont-aigoual -
Niche apportionment models (Biodiversity 🦗)
Mechanistic models for niche apportionment are biological models used to explain relative species abundance distributions. These niche apportionment models describe how species break up resource pool in multi-dimensional space, determining the distribution of abundances of individuals among species....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_apportionment_models
#NicheApportionmentModels #Biodiversity #EcologicalNiche #CommunityEcology #LandscapeEcology
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This review provides an overview of recent developments in computational methods in #LandscapeEcology
It covers topics like spatial patterns, connectivity, landscape genetics, and more.
Read the full paper: https://buff.ly/41xU6wx
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#ArtificialIntelligence #AI and Technology Applications in #Landscape #Ecology
The Early Career WG of the European Association for #LandscapeEcology #IALE Europe invites three guest speakers to the #webinar series.
Wednesday 11-12-2024 16:00-17:00 CET
Register here:
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Landscape connectivity (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
In landscape ecology, landscape connectivity is, broadly, "the degree to which the landscape facilitates or impedes movement among resource patches". Alternatively, connectivity may be a continuous property of the landscape and independent of patches and paths. Connectivity includes both structural connectivity and fu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_connectivity
#LandscapeConnectivity #Landscape #LandscapeEcology #EcologicalConnectivity
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Al zeg ik het zelf, maar @joerimorpurgo is een van de snelst reizende sterren in de Urban Ecologen in de wereld.
Zijn kennis, kunde en publicaties op het gebied van Skills and
#Biodiversity #SpatialAnalysis
#WildlifeConservation
#Conservation
#ConservationBiology
#ConservationEcology
#SpeciesDiversity
#AnimalEcology
#Ecology and #Evolution
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Niche apportionment models (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
Mechanistic models for niche apportionment are biological models used to explain relative species abundance distributions. These niche apportionment models describe how species break up resource pool in multi-dimensional space, determining the distribution of abundances of individuals among sp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_apportionment_models
#NicheApportionmentModels #Biodiversity #EcologicalNiche #CommunityEcology #LandscapeEcology
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Ecological niche (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition. It describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors and how it in turn alters those same factors. "The type and number of variables comprising the dimensions of an environmental niche vary from one species to anothe...
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Biogeography (Biogeography 🌍)
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 stud...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogeography
#Biogeography #Habitat #EarthSciences #LandscapeEcology #PhysicalGeography #PhysicalOceanography
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Biogeography (Biogeography 🌍)
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 stud...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogeography
#Biogeography #Habitat #EarthSciences #LandscapeEcology #PhysicalGeography #PhysicalOceanography
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Niche segregation (Evolutionary biology 🧬)
In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition. It describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors and how it in turn alters those same factors. "The type and number of variables comprising the dimensions of an environmental niche vary from...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_segregation
#NicheSegregation #Habitat #Biogeography #EcologicalNiche #LandscapeEcology
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Edge effects (Habitat 🌄)
In ecology, edge effects are changes in population or community structures that occur at the boundary of two or more habitats. Areas with small habitat fragments exhibit especially pronounced edge effects that may extend throughout the range. As the edge effects increase, the boundary habitat allows for greater biodiversity. Urbanization...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_effects
#EdgeEffects #Habitat #Habitats #SystemsEcology #LandscapeEcology #EcologyTerminology
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What computational advancements in landscape ecology have caught your attention recently? 🌿🖥️
(Context: we are working on a short paper about this topic and any feedback/share is appreciated)
#LandscapeEcology #ComputationalEcology #SpatialAnalysis #rspatial #geopython #juliageo
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The #IALE-Europe Summer Newsletter is out with:
- Announcement of European #LandscapeEcology Congress 2025
- latest activities of IALE-Europe and working groups
- latest news from IALE International & Bulletin
- updates from #IALE in Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain
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Niche segregation (Evolutionary biology 🧬)
In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition. It describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors and how it in turn alters those same factors. "The type and number of variables comprising the dimensions of an environmental niche vary from...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_segregation
#NicheSegregation #Habitat #Biogeography #EcologicalNiche #LandscapeEcology
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Habitat (Habitat 🌄)
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ecological niche. Thus "habitat" is a species-specific term, fundamentally different from concepts such as environment or ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat
#Habitat #Ecology #Habitats #SystemsEcology #LandscapeEcology
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Biogeography (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
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...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogeography
#Biogeography #Habitat #EarthSciences #LandscapeEcology #PhysicalGeography #PhysicalOceanography
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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
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Mannahatta Project (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
The Mannahatta Project is a Wildlife Conservation Society research project in historical ecology led by landscape ecologist Eric W. Sanderson that principally ran for 10 years from 1999-2009, reconstructing the island at the point of first contact between the Dutch ship Halve Maen and the Lenape in 1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannahatta_Project
#MannahattaProject #Lenape #LandscapeEcology #ResearchProjects #MapsOfNewYorkCity #HistoryOfManhattan
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Landscape ecology (Habitat 🌄)
Landscape ecology is the science of studying and improving relationships between ecological processes in the environment and particular ecosystems. This is done within a variety of landscape scales, development spatial patterns, and organizational levels of research and policy. Concisely, landscape ecology can be described as...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_ecology
#LandscapeEcology #Habitat #Landscape #Biogeography #SystemsEcology #EnvironmentalDesign