Between 2000 and 2012, the world lost more forest area than it gained, according to researchers who estimated a global net loss of 1.71 million square kilometers of forest -- an area about two and a ...

Incorporating factors such as urban geographical location, topographic features, and climatic context, the study established a socioeconomic multiple regression model based on urban landscape patterns ...

ABSTRACT: We studied how spatial qualities and configuration of seagrass patches influence the diversity and abundance of resident nekton. Shallow landscapes of equal area (4225 m²) in 2 bays were ...

The ridge and slough landscape is highly significant ecologically. The landscape is severely degrading in a number of locations, i.e., it is being replaced with a landscape that is more uniform in ...

Research Triangle Park, NC--Landscape patterns matter. The size, shape, and arrangement of fields, forests, wetlands, and human populations, and the ways these and other features interact and change ...