Possible applications

Exploring applications
More possible applications

Exploring applications

If you would like to spend some time exploring possible applications on the web you may find some sites listed under landscape ecology and GIS on the suggested additional resources page are good starting points.

Possible applications

Read through this list and use your e-journal to jot down how you think the GIS could be used for each of these landscape ecology applications

Natural resource management
Wildlife habitat modelling
Wetland restoration
Forest management
Fire management
Coastal management
Fisheries management
Recreation resource management
Floodplain management and flood control
Aquifer and groundwater management

More possible applications.

	Reading 2.12 Bond, G., Burnside, N.G., Metcalfe, D. J. and Scott, D. M. (2004). The effects of land-use and landscape structure on barn owl (Tyto alba) breeding success in southern England, UK. Landscape Ecology. 20
	Reading 2.13 Alados, C. L., Pueyo, Y., Barrantes, O., Escos, J., Giner, L. and Robles, A.B. (2004). Variations in landscape patterns and vegetation cover between 1957 and 1994 in a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem. Landscape Ecology. 19
	Reading 2.14 Diaz-Delgado, R., Lloret, F. and Pons, X. (2004). Spatial patterns of fire occurrence in Catalonia, NE, Spain. Landscape Ecology. 19(7).
	Reading 2.15 Aspinall, R. and Pearson, D. (2000). Integrated geographical assessment of environmental condition in water catchments: Linking landscape ecology, environmental modelling and GIS. Journal of Environmental Management. 59.
	Reading 2.16 Manton, M. G., Angelstam, P. and Mikusinski, G. (2005). Modelling habitat suitability for deciduous forest focal species – a sensitivity analysis using different satellite land cover data. Landscape Ecology. 20(7)

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Return to the list you created. Jot down any further applications that could be explored.

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