Landscape Ecology

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What is the best open source tool or methodology to measure habitat connectivity in cities?

I am finding a lot of research and methods that apply to broader landscape ecology, but I am curious as to whether anyone has any insight on small scale- city wide ecological connectivity analysis.

08 August 2016 2,760 6 View

Is there any possibility that to identify the depth of the water in wetland by using remote sensing?

Is there any possibility that to identify the depth of the water in wetland by using remote sensing

01 August 2016 4,014 5 View

How does MaxEnt weight a categorical variable?

Hi all, I'm using MaxEnt to model the distribution of an invasive plant species, and am including a land use/cover categorical variable in my model. I understand that MaxEnt creates a binary...

26 July 2016 2,692 12 View

How does MaxEnt weight a categorical variable?

Hi all, I'm using MaxEnt to model the distribution of an invasive plant species, and am including a land use/cover categorical variable in my model. I understand that MaxEnt creates a binary...

07 July 2016 1,688 10 View

How to evaluate predicted land use suitability versus empirical data?

Hi. I have developed an index of suitability for a specified land use activity based on a spatial multi criteria analysis approach (continuous raster dataset with values 0-255); additionally, we...

07 July 2016 5,237 7 View

Is there a sustainability indicators developed for assessing socio-ecological production landscape?

Socio-ecological productiona landscape Rice Terraces Farming

22 June 2016 8,433 4 View

RFID Technology for tracking Ants, any alternate products to PharmaSeq's p-chip?

I am looking to use RFID technology to track ant movements, i have frequently come across Pharmaseq's micro-transponders, however they may be out of my price range considering that i will require...

06 June 2016 6,511 0 View

Is there a sustainability indicators developed for assessing socio-ecological production landscape?

Socio-ecological productiona landscape Rice Terraces Farming

06 June 2016 6,008 5 View

How to calculate landscape connectance?

I should calculate the ecological connectance among wetlands at landscape level. Since the study area is a delta (Danube Delta), all wetlands are directly or indirectly connected to each other. I...

19 May 2016 3,311 5 View

What is the species composition and diversity of trees and shrubs in woodland structures of agricultural landscapes across and beyond Europe?

Recently, a study has been published on Species Composition and Diversity of Non-Forest Woody Vegetation along Roads in the Agricultural Landscape. We have studied linear woodland structures in...

11 May 2016 1,886 2 View

How to calculate landscape connectance?

I should calculate the ecological connectance among wetlands at landscape level. Since the study area is a delta (Danube Delta), all wetlands are directly or indirectly connected to each other. I...

05 May 2016 8,248 6 View

What is the species composition and diversity of trees and shrubs in woodland structures of agricultural landscapes across and beyond Europe?

Recently, a study has been published on Species Composition and Diversity of Non-Forest Woody Vegetation along Roads in the Agricultural Landscape. We have studied linear woodland structures in...

05 May 2016 3,956 3 View

There is a worldwide destruction of nature and landscapes. How has this destruction come about? Who wins/ loses from it? How can we stop it? Can we?

Every day a vernacular landscape dies. Every day, the abusive exploitation of land is literally erasing the landscape so its occupants can no longer live from the land. This situation has...

12 April 2016 5,166 28 View

Which programs/software do you use for satelite image classification?

I'm doing a zoning of a park, there is 4 principal covers (Quercus woodland, xeric shrublands, agriculture lands and damaged woodland). I'm currently making the classification with ArcGis, but...

08 April 2016 2,394 38 View

There is a worldwide destruction of nature and landscapes. How has this destruction come about? Who wins/ loses from it? How can we stop it? Can we?

Every day a vernacular landscape dies. Every day, the abusive exploitation of land is literally erasing the landscape so its occupants can no longer live from the land. This situation has...

04 April 2016 6,958 29 View

Is it okay to survey mistletoe species abundance on a transect along a main forest edge and fragments provided the transect lengths are the same?

there are different mistletoe species in the reserve and I want to compare the abundance of the species between the edge of the main forest and fragments as a proxy for habitat preference (between...

03 March 2016 2,688 3 View

I want to know about the natural flora of Kolar Gold Fields i.e. before the mines were systematically explored.

I intend to gather information about the plants which existed before the KGFs were mined systematically.

06 February 2016 9,704 4 View

How to prioritise a certain or a bundle of ecosystem services in conservation?

We all know that ecosystem services are categorised to four types: supporting, regulating, provisioning and cultural. For a certain protected area, there is a trade-off between getting products...

02 February 2016 3,844 6 View

How to extract/identify water bodies from remotely sensed data?

I am dealing with Landsat imageries. I am using ENVI for deriving my land cover. Water bodies are not among my features of interest and I need to identify them in order to mask them out from my...

02 February 2016 5,300 9 View

Would that be acceptable to combine several endmembers of a common land cover to create a single one out of them like by averaging their spectra?

There are different types of impervious surface in almost many of urban landscapes. Asphalt, tile roof, concrete roof, to name a few, each of which exhibit different spectrum. As with impervious...

02 February 2016 8,025 4 View

Which software or approach is most applicable for assessing connectivity of natural areas in a developed, suburban matrix?

There are several tools available for assessing connectivity, such as Conefor and Circuitscape. What other tools are out there? And based on their strengths/weaknesses, which tools are best for...

02 February 2016 4,159 4 View

How do humans affect and participate in the ecosystem? What do we provide in the "circle of life" in our built environment?

We, as human beings, have been apart of the planet for thousands of years. Our technologies and understandings of the world have allowed us to adapt, survive, and populate in dense areas. We have...

02 February 2016 7,605 13 View

How to extract/identify water bodies from remotely sensed data?

I am dealing with Landsat imageries. I am using ENVI for deriving my land cover. Water bodies are not among my features of interest and I need to identify them in order to mask them out from my...

02 February 2016 5,765 8 View

Would that be acceptable to combine several endmembers of a common land cover to create a single one out of them like by averaging their spectra?

There are different types of impervious surface in almost many of urban landscapes. Asphalt, tile roof, concrete roof, to name a few, each of which exhibit different spectrum. As with impervious...

02 February 2016 8,749 3 View

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