Assessing the Impact of Urban Expansion on Surrounding Forested Landscape Connectivity across Space and Time

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第一作者： Ren, Zhouqiao

作者： Ren, Zhouqiao;He, Jianhua;Yue, Qiaobing

作者机构： Zhejiang Acad Agr Sci, Inst Digital Agr, Hangzhou 310021, Peoples R China;Wuhan Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Sci, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China

关键词： land-use change; fragmentation; urban development strategy; spatio-temporal connectivity

期刊名称：LAND （ 2022影响因子：3.9； 五年影响因子：4.0 ）

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年卷期： 2021 年 10 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Landscape connectivity is important for all organisms as it directly affects population dynamics. Yet, rapid urbanization has caused serious landscape fragmentation, which is the primary contributor of species extinctions worldwide. Previous studies have mostly used spatial snap-shots to evaluate the impact of urban expansion on landscape connectivity. However, the interactions among habitats over time in dynamic landscapes have been largely ignored. Here, we demonstrated that overlooking temporal connectivity can lead to the overestimation of the impact of urban expansion. How much greater the overestimation is depends on the amount of net habitat loss. Moreover, we showed that landscape connectivity may have a delayed response to urban expansion. Our analysis shifts the way to understand the ecological consequences of urban expansion. Our framework can guide sustainable urban development and can be inspiring to conservation practices under other contexts (e.g., climate change).

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