Evaluating Habitat Change and Boundary Adjustment of a Nature Reserve in Coastal Wetlands: Case Study of Beidagang Nature Reserve, China

Abstract

XIE, Z.; LIU, J.; ZHU, G.; SHAO, Q., and XU, X., 2011. Evaluating habitat change and boundary adjustment of a nature reserve in coastal wetlands-Case study of Beidagang Nature Reserve, China. Journal of Coastal Research, 27(5), 966-972. West Palm Beach (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.Habitat change of coastal wetlands caused by natural and anthropogenic factors is an important issue facing China. Large areas of coastal habitat are disappearing, and those remaining become vulnerable to anthropogenic impacts from industry, agriculture, aquaculture, urban development, and domestic waste. A question is whether the change of habitat area has an influence on boundary adjustments of natural reserves. The study reported in this paper applied remotesensing images, and environmental and socioeconomic data to analyse the change of land use and land cover and habitat quality in an estuarine area and to identify the driving forces for these changes from

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