A special issue of the journal Landscape Ecology was organized by scientists at the USDA Forest Service and North Carolina State University brings focus to the science of landscape pattern ...

The spatial pattern of forest is important because the same area of forest can be arranged in different ways on the landscape with important consequences for ecosystem processes.

Rose A. Graves, Scott M. Pearson, Monica G. Turner, Landscape patterns of bioenergy in a changing climate: implications for crop allocation and land-use competition, Ecological Applications, Vol. 26, ...

In the Mediterranean Basin, landscape patterns are strongly human-modified. In recent decades, because of industrialisation and rural exodus, many fields have been abandoned, generating changes in the ...

A part from enhancing aesthetics, patterns in the landscape can meet functional needs as well. They can be used for directing movement or defining special use areas within the garden. But the ...

What lies beneath: Roots as drivers of South African landscape pattern Date: February 14, 2022 Source: Santa Fe Institute Summary: Research findings suggest that alternative stable states can be ...

The location of remnants would influence the spatial pattern of seed dispersion and locations of future newly established seedlings, further shaping forest landscape pattern. The abundance of ...