Monitoring Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity under Land Use Change
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Landscape Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 2 October 2024 | Viewed by 402
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecosystem monitoring; invasive species (including tree diseases); natural capital; tropical forest ecology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Land-use and land-cover (LULC) change causes biodiversity decline through the loss, alteration, and fragmentation of habitats, processes which also affect ecosystem services. There are uncertainties regarding how LULC will change in the future, and what the effect of such a change will be on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Research on these two aspects has been fruitful, yet there are still some questions that have not been clarified.
The goal of this Special Issue is to publish papers (original research articles and review papers) that provide insights into ecosystem services and biodiversity under land-use and land-cover change. Specifically, the scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to the:
- Effects of land-use change and biodiversity loss on ecosystem functions;
- Metrics/methods for quantifying biodiversity or ecosystem services under land-use change;
- Theoretical and practical research based on land-use and land-cover change and their impact on ecosystems;
- Landscape fragmentation, connectivity, and their impact on ecological processes;
- Sustainable utilization of biodiversity and ecosystem services;
- The relationship between ecosystem services and biodiversity and human well-being;
- Mapping biodiversity or ecosystem services, numeric models for biodiversity, or ecosystem service changes.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Lindsay Claire Maskell
Dr. Claire Wood
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land-use and land-cover (LULC) change
- biodiversity
- ecology
- protected areas
- landscape connectivity
- green space
- invasive species
- ecosystem services, ecosystem disservices, and well-being
