Identification of Key Patches for Biodiversity Conservation Based on Possibility of Connectivity Method

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10.2991/icmse-17.2017.33How to use a DOI?

Keywords

reclassification of biodiversity value, PC index, ecosystem services value, landuse type, key patches.

Abstract

Currently, large amount of habitats of wildlife have been displaced by artificial structures because of urban expansion. As a result, smaller patches of habitat have been lost, larger patches have become fragmented, and some of the habitats become lonely islands which will have weaker and weaker contact with outside. Therefore, the optimization of landscape structure will benefit more for biodiversity conservation by analyzing the best landscape layout as the patches have been rapidly lost. In this article, we have analyzed and reclassified the spatial pattern of the value of biodiversity based on the possibility of connectivity method which enabled the possibility of the identification of key patches. In the results, we have found that biodiversity value was not evenly distributed with patch area because of the difference of connectivity. Key patches of Beijing have been classified into three categories: (1) patches with larger area; (2) satellite patches around large patches; (3) stepping-stone patches with high connectivity.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yue Zhang
AU  - Bo Song
AU  - Zaiqiang Liu
AU  - Fan Zhang
PY  - 2017/04
DA  - 2017/04
TI  - Identification of Key Patches for Biodiversity Conservation Based on Possibility of Connectivity Method
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 7th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering (ICMSE 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 180
EP  - 183
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icmse-17.2017.33
DO  - 10.2991/icmse-17.2017.33
ID  - Zhang2017/04
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