A spatially explicit patch model of habitat quality, integrating spatio-structural indicators

Riedler, Barbara; Lang, Stefan

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.04.027

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“…Biodiversity includes the diversity of animals, plants, and microorganisms at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels, and it provides regulation and support for ecosystem services [7,8]. Habitat quality refers to the ability of the ecosystem to provide suitable conditions for the sustainable development and survival of individuals and populations, and it reflects the status of regional biodiversity and ecosystem health to a certain extent, and plays an important role in maintaining biodiversity [9,10]. Land-use dynamics is one of the main activities of human beings to transform the natural environment and interfere with habitat quality.…”

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Effects of Land Use/Cover on Regional Habitat Quality under Different Geomorphic Types Based on InVEST Model

Wang

Cheng

2022

Remote Sensing

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Research on habitat quality change is of great significance for regional ecological security. Analysis of spatiotemporal change of habitat quality based on different geomorphic types can restore the background of ecological environment in historical periods and provide scientific support for revealing the evolution law of regional ecological environment quality and ecological restoration. This study aimed to identify the change in habitat quality under different geomorphic types from 1995 to 2018. Based on DEM data, geomorphic types of different scales were divided. The InVEST habitat quality model was used to analyze the spatiotemporal change in habitat quality in individual land use types in the Altay region. The spatiotemporal changes and main influencing factors of habitat quality under the background of different geomorphic types were explored. Remote sensing data was used to analyze the land use/cover changes. Sixteen threat sources, their maximum distance of impact, mode of decay, and sensitivity to threats were also estimated for each land use type. The results showed that habitat quality decreased significantly in 2015, which was related to the rapid expansion of cultivated and construction land as threat sources, as well as the decrease of forestland and grassland as sensitive factors. However, habitat quality improved significantly in 2018, because of the implementation of ecological restoration policy in 2015. Affected by elevation and topographic relief, the geomorphic type with the best habitat quality index was the large undulating middle mountain (0.927) and the worst was the medium altitude platform (0.351). Woodland contributed the most to habitat quality in large undulating middle mountain (35.07), and bare rock gravel land contributed the most to medium altitude platform (127.68). Habitat quality of different geomorphic types showed obvious spatial aggregation, and from high altitude to low altitude showed a banded ladder-like distribution. Changes in habitat quality during the past three decades suggested that the conservation and restoration strategies applied in regional ecosystem were effective. On the basis of the analysis results, four types of zoning management schemes were divided, and the ecological management and conservation measures were put forward. Therefore, this study can help decision makers, especially regarding the lack of data on biodiversity.

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Effects of Land Use/Cover on Regional Habitat Quality under Different Geomorphic Types Based on InVEST Model

Wang

Cheng

2022

Remote Sensing

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“…Thus, effectively assessing and monitoring biodiversity and habitat quality changes and identifying the mechanisms causing these changes are essential for ecological management in fast‐changing and human‐dominated regions (Sun et al, 2019 ). There are three primary methods commonly used to evaluate changes in biodiversity and habitat quality: traditional field and habitat surveys (Do Nascimento et al, 2020 ), assessments of ecological indicators (Coates et al, 2016 ; Riedler & Lang, 2018 ) and simulations using ecological models (Akbari et al, 2021 ; Sallustio et al, 2017 ). Traditional terrestrial habitat monitoring methods are often time consuming, and their accuracy is difficult to assess due to differences between subjects (Lengyel et al, 2008 ).…”

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Potential impact of land‐use change on habitat quality in the distribution range of crocodile lizards in China

Zhang

Qin

Alvarez

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Ecology and Evolution

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“…Previous scholars mainly considered the area threshold or landscape pattern index for source selection, which was somewhat subjective [12]. Currently, a few scholars have used the quantitative assessment of the value of ecological resources as the basis for their selection [17,18]. The Integrated Valuation of Environmental Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model is widely used to quantify ecosystem service functions [19].…”

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Urban Ecological Corridor Network Construction: An Integration of the Least Cost Path Model and the InVEST Model

Tang

Chi

2020

IJGI

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Under the background of urban expansion, ecological protection cannot be delayed. The construction of ecological networks is of considerable significance to ecosystem services. However, in the process of constructing a corridor network, there is no uniform standard for the selection of ecological sources and the determination of cost factors. The InVEST model is an effective complement to ecosystem service assessment for sensitively measuring external threats and their threat intensity. Therefore, taking Wuhan as an example, we combined InVEST and the least cost path model (LCP) to construct a multi-target corridor network with comprehensive cost factors for birds and small terrestrial mammals. The results showed that: (1) The InVEST model provided a reliable basis for ecological source screening by demonstrating the distribution of habitat quality. (2) The corridor with a length of 12–25 km presented a “U” shape, and the impact of urbanization on small terrestrial mammals was more significant than that of birds. (3) The integrated network pattern proposed by the “point-line-plane” principle would provide a reference for urban ecological construction and sustainable development.

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A spatially explicit patch model of habitat quality, integrating spatio-structural indicators

Cited by 31 publications

References 31 publications

Effects of Land Use/Cover on Regional Habitat Quality under Different Geomorphic Types Based on InVEST Model

Effects of Land Use/Cover on Regional Habitat Quality under Different Geomorphic Types Based on InVEST Model

Potential impact of land‐use change on habitat quality in the distribution range of crocodile lizards in China

Urban Ecological Corridor Network Construction: An Integration of the Least Cost Path Model and the InVEST Model

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