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Reference : Identification and Measurement of Anthropogenic Effects in Landscapes


	Document type :	Scientific congresses and symposiums : Paper published in a book
	Discipline(s) :	Life sciences : Environmental sciences & ecology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/118871

Title :	Identification and Measurement of Anthropogenic Effects in Landscapes
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Bogaert, Jan [Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB > Ecole interfacultaire de Bioingénieurs > Ecologie du paysage et systèmes de production végétale > DOC 1 >]
	Vranken, Isabelle [Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB > Ecole interfacultaire de bioingénieurs > Ecologie du paysage et systèmes de production végétale > >]
	Bastin, Jean-François [Université de Liège - ULg > > > Form. doct. sc. agro. & ingé. biol.]
	Iyongo, Léon [ > > ]
Publication date :	20-Aug-2011
Main document title :	The 8th World congress of the International Association of Landscape Ecology: Proceedings, Beijing, August 18-23, 2011
Editor :	Jones, Bruce
	Fu, Bojie
Publisher :	IALE
Pages :	41-42
On invitation :	No
Audience :	International
Event name :	The 8th World congress of the International Association of Landscape Ecology
Event date :	18-23 août 2011
Event organizer :	IALE China chapter, Ecological Society of China, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Event place (city) :	Beijing
Event country :	China
Abstract :	[en] As a consequence of anthropogenic pressure, landscapes change; deforestation is a well-known example of this type of human-driven landscape change. Landscapes change 42 from entirely natural to anthropogenic or cultural, in which landscape composition is marked by land covers and uses directly related to the civil society, such as degraded vegetations, agriculture, urban zones, or road networks. Landscape dynamics can be quantified by landscape pattern analysis. Many landscape metrics are available to capture the different features of pattern change. As a consequence of the pattern/process paradigm, the ecological consequences of the observed dynamics can be linked to ecosystem processes and characteristics, such as biodiversity. By means of a series of case studies linking field observations of fauna and flora with cartographic and demographic data, the importance of pattern analysis and landscape management is underlined, as well as the diversity in types of anthropogenic landscape change. Conclusions are drawn with regard to the ecological impact of landscape change. Guidelines are formulated for the characterization and analysis of anthropogenic effects in landscapes by means of pattern analysis.
Target :	Researchers
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