In the southern California foothills and mountains, pronounced and complex topographic gradients support fire regimes that vary over short distances. We used LANDIS, a spatially explicit landscape ...

Neat rings, stripes and swirls embellish many cold, rocky landscapes. Although these beautiful stone patterns look like humanmade artwork, they’re all natural. Scientists have long known that such ...

Under the threat of climate change, mountain landscapes all over the world have the risk of becoming more hazardous to communities surrounding them, while their accelerated evolution may bring further ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 26, No. 3, Land Use Transition in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (Aug., 2006), pp. 220-226 (7 pages) Changes in land cover patterns can be analyzed to improve ...

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 ...