The progress and perspectives of landscape ecology in China
China ; Concept ; Ecology ; Environmental management ; History of sciences ; Land use ; Landscape dynamics ; Landscape ecology ; Methodology ; Model
The major progress of landscape ecology in China was in the fields of land-use structure and ecological processes, landscape pattern and dynamics analysis, theoretical and methodological development, and landscape ecological applications. After
The landscape-ecological methodological approach is due to its holistic approach most suitable for the study of relations between separate landscape-ecological units and their impacts on land-use and human activities. The Upper Gorenjska region
was divided into 5 landscape-ecological types and 19 landscape-ecological units. Landscape-ecological types and landscape-ecological units showed a high inner differentiation of the studied area, which is not clearly detected in the existing territorial units
, such as cadastral districts, councils, etc. The homogeneity of landscape-ecological types and landscape-ecological units enabled a simpler interpretation of the obtained data and, in turn, better results. - (IKR)
This paper considers key issues in plant invasion ecology where findings published since 1990 have significantly improved the understanding of many aspects of invasions. The review focuses on vascular plants invading natural and semi-natural
ecosystems, and on fundamental ecological issues relating to species invasiveness and community invasibility.
Ecology and management of a remnant Brachystegia Spiciformis (Miombo) woodland in North Eastern Soutpansberg, Limpopo Province
Biogeography ; Ecology ; Forest ; Resource management ; South Africa ; Sustainable development ; Wood
The paper reports some findings of a three-year research study on the ecology and management of South Africa's own miombo woodland whose existence was only confirmed of sustainability of the woodland, the traditional management regime should
The primary aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of geostatistical methods in plant ecology and biogeography and to review related issues, concepts and methods. A further aim is to assess the approaches available to assist with spatial
Ecology ; Evapotranspiration ; Fire ; Hydrochemistry ; Hydrosystem ; Impact ; Land use ; Runoff ; Sediment transport ; Soil properties ; Soil water ; Vegetation ; Water ; Water quality
Bibliography ; Forest ; Geographical information system ; Landscape ; Landscape ecology ; Model ; Simulation ; Spatial analysis ; Vegetation ; Vegetation dynamics ; Years 1990-99 ; Years 2000-2009
This review considers the development and application of landscape-level spatially explicit ecological models, with an emphasis on vegetation dynamics and disturbance, and the management applications of these models. Mechanistic and stochastic
models are compared and contrasted and the development, over the last 15 years, of spatial landscape models of ecological change is discussed.
Changes of resource use patterns and state policies since 1978 : a political ecology of the rural Beijing City, China
Agricultural policy ; Beijing ; China ; Ecology ; Government policy ; Local policy ; Resource management ; Rural-urban relations
The aim of this study is to illustrate the changing relationship between resource use patterns and state policies in the rural area of Beijing City from the viewpoint of political ecology in China's rapid economic growth. Policies of state and local
Quantitative analysis of the dynamic change and spatial differences of the ecological security : a case study of Loess Plareau in northern Shaaxi Province
China ; Ecology ; Loess ; Mathematical model ; Plateau ; Quantitative analysis ; Security ; Shaanxi ; Spatial differentiation
Crossing the racial divide : a spatial-ecological perspective of offenders in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
Criminality ; Gauteng ; Multivariate analysis ; Pretoria ; Social geography ; Social status ; South Africa ; Spatial distribution ; Urban area ; Urban ecology
Late Quaternary eolian dust in surficial deposits of a Colorado Plateau grassland : controls on distribution and ecologic effects
conditions of landscape stability in the study area as well as, perhaps, environmental change in dust-source areas; and assess the potential ecologic importance of these variations.
Green urban political ecologies : toward a better understanding of inner-city environmental change
Discourse ; Environment ; Environmental management ; Forest ; Green space ; Indiana ; Land use ; Man-environment relations ; Social change ; United States of America ; Urban ecology