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23-07-2023 | Original Paper

A new methodology to quantify structural landscape impacts of land use/land cover change using moving window metrics: a case study in a Chilean coastal basin

Authors: Francisco Aguilera-Benavente, Cristian Vergara-Fernández, Gonzalo Rebolledo-Castro, Fernando Peña-Cortés

Published in: Landscape and Ecological Engineering | Issue 4/2023

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Land use and land cover changes (LULC) result in alterations to landscape structure, with particularly significant consequences in the landscapes of coastal basins due to their unique characteristics and special sensitivity. The aim of this work was to introduce a new methodology to assess the impacts of LULC transitions on landscape structure in a coastal basin of the Los Ríos Region in Chile. Changes in landscape patterns were assessed by analyzing systematic transitions in conjunction with moving windows landscape metrics and spatial cluster analysis. An index measuring the impact of transitions on landscape structure change (ITSC) was calculated to assess the degree to which each systematic transition contributed to the spatial cluster of landscape change. The proposed method showed that transitions resulting from the replacement of native forest and especially those which involve its transformation into forestry plantations, have the greatest potential impact on landscape structure in the basin. Therefore, planning and management measures must be established to prevent such transitions, so avoiding a massive change in landscape structure.

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Title: A new methodology to quantify structural landscape impacts of land use/land cover change using moving window metrics: a case study in a Chilean coastal basin
Authors: Francisco Aguilera-Benavente
Cristian Vergara-Fernández
Gonzalo Rebolledo-Castro
Fernando Peña-Cortés
Publication date: 23-07-2023
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Landscape and Ecological Engineering / Issue 4/2023
Print ISSN: 1860-1871
Electronic ISSN: 1860-188X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-023-00572-8

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Complementing habitat distribution model with land use land cover for conservation of the rare and threatened tree Magnolia punduana Hk. f & Th. in northeast India

Den site selection and seasonal changes in use patterns by the masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) in urban areas of Morioka City, Japan

Rethinking urban planning from the perspective of nature-based stormwater runoff management in Ethiopia

Geographical genetic structure of Lespedeza cuneata var. cuneata in Japan: necessity of genetic considerations in slope revegetation

Interspecific competition of Hygrophila genus at different flow rates in artificial channels

Direct application of residual neural network to riverine aerial photography for estimating fish distribution