Feature Papers for "Landscape Ecology" Section (Second Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Landscape ecology is the science of studying and improving the relationships between ecological environmental processes and particular ecosystems within a variety of landscape scales and organizational levels of research and policy. Landscapes are spatially heterogeneous geographic areas characterized by diverse interacting areas or ecosystems, ranging from relatively natural terrestrial and aquatic systems to human-dominated environments, such as agricultural and urban settings. Landscape ecology predominantly focuses on the relationships surrounding patterns, processes, and scales, which often couple biophysical and socioeconomic sciences. Landscape ecology specifically seeks to integrate human activities influencing patterns and processes and also provide information that is integral for land use planning.

This Special Issue aims to tackle complex problems related to landscape ecology from a broad perspective and will address issues such as ecosystem services assessment, integrated catchment management, protected area monitoring and management, connectivity assessment, land use and land cover change, the relationship between landscape pattern analysis and ecological processes, spatial resilience to disturbances, changes in spatial structure, landscapes as socio-ecological systems, etc.

This Special Issue seeks contributions concerning the dynamics of patterns and processes at landscape scales related to any land use or land cover type, including aquatic and marine systems. Manuscripts can be original research articles covering theory and applications or "state of the science" reviews, but should explicitly address scale. Interdisciplinary manuscripts are particularly welcome, as are manuscripts from fields adjacent to landscape ecology, such as geography, macroecology, agriculture, and biological diversity.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Prof. Dr. Shiliang Liu
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Burkhard
Prof. Dr. Diane Pearson
Guest Editors

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