Landscape sensitivity : principles and applications in northern cool temperate environments
Biodiversity ; Concept ; Environmental management ; Geosystem ; Land use ; Landscape ; Landscape dynamics ; Sensitivity analysis
Landscape sensitivity is expressed as the ratio of the change in a system to the change in a landscape component. The larger the ratio, the greater the sensitivity. An array of drivers of landscape change is reviewed, but there is seen to be little
This paper briefly explores the concept of landscape sensitivity from an ecological perspective by addressing the questions : what is landscape sensitivity, what are the mechanisms of change, and what can landscape change mean for the species living
there ? In discussing the first question, the AA. note the difficulty of achieving a precise definition, though it is vegetation that largely gives landscapes their colour and texture. They explore the other three questions using examples and data from Scotland, mainly
The concept of geomorphological sensitivity provides a useful starting point for identifying sensitive upland landscapes. This paper develops a geo-ecological pespective which unites both habitat and ecological dependencies in fragile upland
Agricultural influence on landscape sensitivity in the Upper Mississippi River Valley
Landscape sensitivity : principles and applications in northern cool temperate environments
Agricultural land use ; Flood ; Floodplain ; Holocene ; Impact ; Landscape ; Meltwater ; Mississippi ; Soil erosion ; United States of America ; Watershed ; Wisconsin
observations of climate and river flows. Comparison with alluvial activity that occurred during natural vegetation conditions of the pre-agriculture Holocene shows that landscape sensitivity has been greatly magnified by agricultural land use.
Landscape sensitivity : principles and applications in northern cool temperate environments
This paper starts by examining the changes that take place in the Scottish landscape and the factors that are responsible for these changes (natural disturbances, such as climate change and fire; man-made disturbances, such as sheep grazing
and deforestation). How rapidly and over what spatial scales these changes take place is considered, and then the interactions between the different factors that cause change are addressed. How this can accelerate changes and so increase landscape sensitivity
is considered. Lastly, whether the sensitivity of the Scottish landscape is likely to increase or decrease under predicted climate change scenarios is briefly discussed.
Landscape sensitivity : principles and applications in northern cool temperate environments
pertubation of mire ecosystems during times of climate change, and thus that particular care in our approach to management of blanket peat landscapes is indicated at the present time.
Landscape sensitivity : principles and applications in northern cool temperate environments
Environmental management ; Land use ; Leaching ; Nitrate ; Pollution ; Rural landscape ; Sensitivity analysis ; Soil erosion ; United Kingdom ; Water cycle ; Water quality ; Watershed
for understanding the transport of pollutants to the river system. The concept of landscape sensitivity is then described and applied to the topics of soil erosion and nitrate leaching. Based on these analyses, guidelines for integrated management of sensitive
Using mainly Scottish soft coast examples, the changes associated with sensitive coastal landscapes are assessed in terms of the past timing and magnitude of changes in both sea level and sediment economy. Declining abundance of coastal sediment has
Coupling between hillslopes and channels in upland fluvial systems : implications for landscape sensitivity, illustrated from the Howgill Fells, northwest England
Landscape sensitivity : principles and applications in northern cool temperate environments
The landscape sensitivity concept concerns the likelihood that a given change in the controls of a system or the forces applied to the system will produce a sensible, recognisable, and persistent response. Change takes place through time and space