A landscape ecology assessment of land-use change on the Great Plains-Denver (CO, USA)
Title of the magazine or publication:
Regional Environmental Change
Volume:
On line: 6 March 2018
Authors:
- Joan Marull (Institut Metròpoli)
- Geoff Cunfer (University of Saskatchewan)
- Kenneth Sylvester (University of Michigan)
- Enric Tello (Universitat de Barcelona)
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Publication date:
2018
Resume:
The purpose of the article is to assess the potential contribution to bird biodiversity maintenance of Great Plain’s cropland-grassland mosaics kept as farmland green belts in the edge of metropolitan areas. The article presents a quantitative landscape ecology assessment of land-cover changes (1930–2010) experienced in five Great Plains counties in Colorado. Several landscape metrics assess the diversity of land-cover patterns and their impact on ecological connectivity indices. These metrics are applied to historical land-cover maps and datasets drawn from aerial photos and satellite imagery. The results show that the cropland-grassland mosaics that link the metropolitan edge with the surrounding habitats sheltered in less human-disturbed areas provide a heterogeneous land matrix were a high bird species richness exists.
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-018-1284-z
Read the article A landscape ecology assessment of land-use change on the Great Plains-Denver (CO, USA)
Cunfer, G. [Geoff]; Sylvester, K. [Kenneth]; Tello, E. [Enric]; Marull, J. [Joan]. (2018). A landscape ecology assessment of land-use change on the Great Plains-Denver (CO, USA). Regional Environmental Change, On line: 6 March 2018, .https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1284-z
https://www.institutmetropoli.cat/en/articles-a-revistes/a-landscape-ecology-assessment-of-land-use-change-on-the-great-plains-denver-co-usa-3/
