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Implementation of multispecies ecological networks at the regional scale: analysis and multi-temporal assessment
Journal of Environmental Management ( IF 8.0 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-03 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112494
Giuseppe Modica , Salvatore Praticò , Luigi Laudari , Antonio Ledda , Salvatore Di Fazio , Andrea De Montis

Today, major landscape changes affect ecological connectivity exerting adverse effects on ecosystems. Connectivity is a critical element of landscape structure and supports ecosystem functionality. Landscape connectivity can be efficiently increased in landscape ecology by building ecological networks (EN) through models mimicking the interaction between animal and vegetal species and their environment. ENs are important in sustainable landscape planning, where they need to be studied both by applying landscape metrics and by performing multi-temporal analyses. This paper presents theoretical and practical evidence of an analysis of a multispecies ecological network in Calabria (Italy) and its changes over three decades. Landscape connectivity was modeled basing on 66 focal faunal species' requirements. Human disturbance (HD) was defined and assessed according to distance from different disturbance sources. This allowed for the definition of overall habitat quality (oHQ). Landscape permeability to the animal movement was focused as the main concept to measure landscape fragmentation. Landscape graph theory was applied to perform a spatial comparison of the ENs robustness. Many binary and probabilistic indices and landscape morphological spatial pattern analysis (MSPA) were used in this perspective. We obtained a set of ecological networks, including nodes, patches (i.e., habitat patches), linkages, and corridors, all intertwined in one giant component. The multi-temporal analysis showed many indices' stationary values, while MSPA yielded an increase of habitat quality and habitat patches in core areas. This methodological approach allowed for assessing the regional EN's robustness in the time-span considered, thus providing a reliable tool for landscape planners and communities.



中文翻译:

在区域范围内实施多物种生态网络:分析和多时相评估

如今,主要的景观变化影响了生态连通性,对生态系统产生了不利影响。连接性是景观结构的关键要素,并支持生态系统功能。通过模仿动物与植物物种及其环境之间相互作用的模型,建立生态网络(EN),可以有效地提高景观生态系统中的景观连通性。EN在可持续景观规划中很重要,需要通过应用景观指标和进行多时相分析来对EN进行研究。本文提供了对卡拉布里亚(意大利)的一种多物种生态网络及其在过去三十年中的变化进行分析的理论和实践证据。景观连通性是根据66种重点动物物种的需求进行建模的。根据与不同干扰源之间的距离来定义和评估人为干扰(HD)。这样就可以定义总体栖息地质量(oHQ)。景观对动物运动的渗透性是衡量景观破碎化的主要概念。应用景观图论对ENs的鲁棒性进行空间比较。在此观点中使用了许多二进制和概率指标以及景观形态空间格局分析(MSPA)。我们获得了一套生态网络,包括节点,斑块(即栖息地斑块),链接和走廊,它们相互交织在一起,形成一个巨大的组成部分。多时相分析显示许多指数的固定值,而MSPA则增加了核心地区的栖息地质量和栖息地斑块。

更新日期:2021-04-04
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