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Landscape Ecology and Wildlife Conservation

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Landscape Ecology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 April 2023) | Viewed by 3412

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Ovidiu Ionescu

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Silviculture Department, Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Transilvania University of Brașov, 500036 Brașov, Romania
Interests: wildlife biology; wildlife management; biodiversity conservation
Dr. Ancuta Fedorca

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Wildlife Department, National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry Marin Dracea, 077190 Voluntari, Romania
Interests: landscape ecology; landscape genetics; population genetics
Dr. Mihai Fedorca

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Silviculture Department, Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Transilvania University of Brașov, 500036 Brașov, Romania
Interests: wildlife ecology; wildlife conservation; human-wildlife conflicts
Dr. Georgeta Ionescu

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Wildlife Department, National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry Marin Dracea, 077190 Voluntari, Romania
Interests: wildlife ethology; wildlife research; wildlife reintroductions

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Road infrastructures can act as significant barriers to animal movement and limit ecological connectivity, and thus is very important to understand the landscape features and environmental factors that influence demographic connectedness. However, landscape modelling should be applied to inform cost-effective connectivity management and encourage evidence-based conservation, primarily through the proactive involvement of relevant stakeholders. Such an approach will benefit the attainment of biodiversity conservation and other environmental objectives while also allowing for economic development. Another emerging issue is the human–wildlife conflict, which is centered around the interaction between wildlife and humans, the coexistence of which is strongly linked and essential to sustainable development activities. Wildlife conservation requires proper landscape planning based on the results of implementing modern techniques (including genetics), finding the best solutions for mitigating human–wildlife conflicts and implementing measurable and tangible management approaches.

Prof. Dr. Ovidiu Ionescu
Dr. Ancuta Fedorca
Dr. Mihai Fedorca
Dr. Georgeta Ionescu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • landscape modeling
  • wildlife conservation
  • wildlife ecology and management
  • biodiversity conservation
  • evidence-based conservation

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The Effect of Multi-Use Landscapes on Mammal Assemblages and Its Implication for Conservation
by Zoë Woodgate, Marine Drouilly, Greg Distiller and M. Justin O’Riain
Land 2023, 12(3), 599; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12030599 - 02 Mar 2023
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It has become clear that state-owned protected areas (PAs) are insufficient in preserving the world’s spatially heterogenous biodiversity. Private land conservation could contribute significantly to national conservation goals, without further burdening state resources. In South Africa, legislation has been introduced to incentivise private [...] Read more.
It has become clear that state-owned protected areas (PAs) are insufficient in preserving the world’s spatially heterogenous biodiversity. Private land conservation could contribute significantly to national conservation goals, without further burdening state resources. In South Africa, legislation has been introduced to incentivise private landowners to contribute to national biodiversity goals. In this study, we used camera trap arrays and hierarchical multi-species occupancy modelling to evaluate the impact of land-use on mammal (body mass >0.5 kg) diversity in the drylands of South Africa. Four hundred and fifty-one camera traps were deployed across a statutory PA, private PA and a neighbouring group of farmlands, covering ~2096 km2. Although trophic species richness were similar across all three land-uses, occurrence and detection probabilities of larger (>20 kg) species were low in the farmlands and highest in the private PA. In contrast, smaller species had higher occurrence probabilities in the farmlands, where large predators and megaherbivores have been extirpated. Differences in species-specific occurrence probabilities were primarily driven by land-use context, as opposed to fine-scale habitat attributes. These results highlight how a land-use matrix incorporating statutory PAs, private PAs and well-managed rangelands can benefit wildlife conservation, as long as these land-uses are included in carefully developed regional conservation planning. Full article
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The Configuration of Romanian Carpathians Landscape Controls the Volume Diversity of Picea Abies (L.) Stands
by Vlad-Emil Crişan, Lucian Dincă, Cosmin Bragă, Gabriel Murariu, Eliza Tupu, George Danut Mocanu and Romana Drasovean
Land 2023, 12(2), 406; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020406 - 02 Feb 2023
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The present study analysed how growth of the Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H.Karst.) is influenced by site conditions throughout the Eastern and Southern Romanian Carpathians. In order to achieve the aim and the objectives stated in the present study, the volume [...] Read more.
The present study analysed how growth of the Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H.Karst.) is influenced by site conditions throughout the Eastern and Southern Romanian Carpathians. In order to achieve the aim and the objectives stated in the present study, the volume of spruce stands was taken into account and grouped into six transects, both in the north–south direction in the Southern Carpathians and in the east–west direction in the Eastern Carpathians. We used data that were extracted from the forest management plans of the areas, carried out during the period of 1980–2005. For the Eastern Carpathians, the results revealed that at the same altitudes (700–1000 m), the volumes were higher on the eastern cline than on the western. In the case of the Southern Carpathians, for altitudes between 1300 and 1600 m, the volume of trees in the southern cline was greater than that of the trees in the northern cline. It was also found that the pure spruce stands had higher growth than the mixed ones for the same age and altitude; this was true in the cases of both the Eastern and Southern Carpathians. Full article
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