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The Recent Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Grasslands in Slovenia: Contribution to T...
Machado, Rui; Santos, Pedro; Sousa-Neves, Nuno; Pirnat, JanezSeminatural European grasslands and pastures have a high conservation value because they provide different goods and services (meat, wool, carbon sequestration, etc.) and harbor diverse communities of plants and animals. These land use systems were created by low- and moderate-intensity use and, nowadays, face threats from both abandonment and overuse. Although less productive or less accessible areas are aband...
Supporting the spatial management of invasive alien plants through assessment o...
Machado, Rui; Duarte, Liliana Neto; Gil, Artur; Sousa-Neves, Nuno; Pirnat, Janez; Santos, PedroInvasive alien species are responsible for several negative impacts worldwide. Managing biological invasions is often difficult and the success rate is quite low, but with good planning it is possible to achieve good results. Besides employing the correct methods and techniques, an overall strategy based on landscape dynamics and expected spatial patterns can be fundamental to achieve success. The decision of w...
Supporting the spatial management of invasive alien plants through assessment o...
Machado, Rui; Duarte, Liliana Neto; Gil, Artur José Freire; Sousa‐Neves, Nuno; Pirnat, Janez; Santos, PedroInvasive alien species are responsible for several negative impacts worldwide. Managing biological invasions is often difficult and the success rate is quite low, but with good planning it is possible to achieve good results. Besides employing the correct methods and techniques, an overall strategy based on landscape dynamics and expected spatial patterns can be fundamental to achieve success. The decision of w...
LDTtool: A toolbox to assess landscape dynamics
Machado, Rui; Bayot, Roy; Godinho, Sérgio; Pirnat, Janez; Santos, Pedro; Sousa-Neves, NunoThe “LDTtool” python toolbox is introduced. This ArcGIS toolbox can be applied to assess land cover or land use changes between two or three moments, considering landscape composition and configuration. The development of LDTtool occurs in a time when the studies on landscape dynamics looking at amount and configuration changes are becoming mainstream. The use of analytical units, whether regular polygons like ...
Using graph theory to analyse and assess changesin Mediterranean woodland conne...
Machado, Rui; Godinho, Sérgio; Guiomar, Nuno; Gil, Artur; Pirnat, JanezThe Portuguese montado is an agro-sil-vopastoral system, similar to the Spanish dehesa,known for its cultural, economic and ecological value.Despite its importance, contrasting processes such asland abandonment and land use intensification,together with several other factors, have been respon-sible for montado degradation in the last decades.Biodiversitywise, assuring high levels of connectivityis vital for man...
Using graph theory to analyse and assess changes in Mediterranean woodland conn...
Machado, Rui; Godinho, Sérgio; Guiomar, Nuno; Gil, Artur José Freire; Pirnat, JanezCONTEXT The Portuguese montado is an agro-silvopastoral system, similar to the Spanish dehesa, known for its cultural, economic and ecological value. Despite its importance, contrasting processes such as land abandonment and land use intensification, together with several other factors, have been responsible for montado degradation in the last decades. Biodiversitywise, assuring high levels of connectivity is v...