The importance of landscape attributes in biodiversity assessment. The Évora case study

Quinta-Nova, L.C.; Batista, Teresa

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The importance of landscape attributes in biodiversity assessment. The Évora case study

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dc.contributor.author	Quinta-Nova, L.C.
dc.contributor.author	Batista, Teresa
dc.date.accessioned	2011-08-08T13:22:49Z
dc.date.available	2011-08-08T13:22:49Z
dc.date.issued	2001
dc.description.abstract	The study of wildlife communities to assess the landscape value is crucial in Landscape Ecology in order to develop bidiversity management strategies in rural landscapes and to assist land managers with their decision making processes. This poster reports the results achieved assessing biodiversity using landscape structural indicators. The main objective was to identify the landscape measures having a greater influence on the presence of avian communities in agrosystems located around Évora (South of Portugal). Birds were sampled along transects representing the different land use patterns occurring within the study area. Land use types/vegetation cover were mapped within buffers around those transects. The landscape indicators applied to each buffer are Shannon & Weaver’s Diversity Index (H’) (1962) for habitats biodiversity, Modified Simpson’s Index (E) (Romme & Knigth, 1982) for habitats heterogeneity, and organization pattern (D1) (O’Neill et al. 1988). Avian diversity was also measured using the Simpson’s index. ArcView software was used to map the land cover features and to calculate the values for the selected indices. The relation between the avian communities present and its attributes with the different landscape measures was analysed with multivariate statistics tools.	por
dc.identifier.citation	QUINTA-NOVA, L.C. ; BATISTA, T. (2001) - The importance of landscape attributes in biodiversity assessment : The Évora case study. In IALE European Conference: “Development of European Landscapes”, Estocolmo (Suécia) e Tartu (Estónia), 30 de Junho a 6 de Julho. Poster.	por
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/806
dc.language.iso	eng	por
dc.peerreviewed	no	por
dc.publisher	IALE	por
dc.subject	Landscape structure	por
dc.subject	Biodiversity	por
dc.subject	GIS	por
dc.title	The importance of landscape attributes in biodiversity assessment. The Évora case study	por
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Estocolmo (Suécia) / Tartu (Estónia)	por
oaire.citation.title	IALE European Conference : “Development of European Landscapes”, Estocolmo e Tartu, 30 de Junho a 6 de Julho de 2001	por
person.familyName	Quinta-Nova
person.familyName	Folgôa Batista
person.givenName	Luís
person.givenName	Maria Teresa
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