New Insights in Landscape Approaches for Biodiversity and Community Resilience
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 658
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biodiversity conservation; movement ecology
Interests: bird migration; biodiversity conservation; spatial ecology; spatial epidemiology; environmental science; global change
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Dear Colleagues,
Biodiversity and community resilience are foundational to ecological stability and human well-being. However, they both face increasing threats such as habitat fragmentation, climate change, and biodiversity loss, which challenge us to develop novel landscape approaches to tackle these escalating threats. The landscape approach can integrate ecological, social, and economic factors, recognising landscapes as dynamic systems where natural and human elements interact. It emphasises understanding spatial patterns and ecological processes across scales and involves local communities and stakeholders in decision-making. Such dynamic interdisciplinary frameworks are pivotal and urgently needed to foster sustainable land management practises that balance conservation and human well-being, offering effective and adaptable strategies to enhance biodiversity conservation and community resilience amidst environmental changes in diverse socio-ecological contexts.
The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) providing insights into landscape approaches that improve biodiversity conservation and community resilience in the contexts of rapid climatic and environmental changes. The aim is to combine academic discussions with practical applications, fostering biodiversity sustainability. We welcome all new insights related to theoretical reflections from various viewpoints, methodological explorations from different fields, and empirical studies—including case studies and quantitative modelling—from diverse geographical regions. Key topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Landscape planning;
- Human–nature interactions;
- Connectivity conservation;
- Essential ecosystem services;
- Movement ecology;
- Mechanisms of biodiversity loss;
- Protected area prioritisation;
- Ecological restoration.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Wenyuan Zhang
Dr. Yanjie Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- landscape planning
- ecological connectivity
- ecosystem services
- community resilience
- ecological restoration
- essential biodiversity variables
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