Landscapes of Resilient Ecological Networks
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Landscape Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 2430
Special Issue Editor
2. CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Interests: network ecology; ecological modeling; landscape processes; community genetics; quantitative ecology; open science
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Landscapes are increasingly undergoing changes at all spatial scales as a result of human caused environmental change. A multitude of systems are embedded in and/or connected to specific spatial contexts, such as the movement of organisms, materials and energy. Understanding what makes a system less responsive to changes (i.e. resilient), can enable more effective management approaches and policies. However, the connectivity of components in these systems makes possible systems-level functions, which through indirect effects can produce surprising, counterintuitive responses to disturbances and interventions. Network theory provides a framework for approaching systems analytically, and the last decade in particular has seen rapid advances in the availability of relevant data and computational tools. The purpose of this special issue is to collect and synthesize research that is advancing new insights into the network properties that promote resilience in landscapes. Submissions of primary research, meta-analysis, review and synthesis papers are invited that address: 1) properties of networks that impact resilience in landscapes, and/or 2) discuss specifically how an established topic of landscape resilience would be improved by the introduction of network data and/or analysis. Possible topics include but are not limited to: habitat connectivity, coupled human-natural systems, economic modeling and analysis, ecological network analysis, landscape architecture, urban and industrial ecology and food-water-energy nexus. Submissions addressing climate change impacts in particular are encouraged.
Dr. Matthew Kekoa Lau
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ecological networks
- resilience
- stability
- sustainability
- landscapes
- network metrics
- connectivity
- conservation
