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DOI	10.1007/s00267-019-01175-6
	The Latent Relationship Between Soil Vulnerability to Degradation and Land Fragmentation: A Statistical Analysis of Landscape Metrics in Italy, 1960-2010
	Smiraglia, Daniela 1; Tombolini, Ilaria 2; Canfora, Loredana 3; Bajocco, Sofia 3; Perini, Luigi 3; Salvati, Luca 4
通讯作者	Tombolini, Ilaria
来源期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ISSN	0364-152X
EISSN	1432-1009
出版年	2019
卷号	64 期号:2 页码:154-165
英文摘要	Land degradation leads to almost unpredictable spatial outcomes and environmental dynamics demanding a more integrated monitoring approach. In this framework, we debate on (apparent and latent) connections between land fragmentation and soil degradation by identifying areas with increased levels of soil degradation that underlie distinctive spatial trends of land fragmentation. Moving from land-use maps to an empirical study of desertification, the framework proposed in this work may support environmental monitoring and inform land conservation policies. To assess land fragmentation, a quantitative approach grounded on a comprehensive analysis of landscape metrics available in FRAGSTATS package was illustrated and applied to Italy as a representative case of complex landscape dynamics in the Mediterranean basin. The Environmental Sensitive Area methodology was adopted to monitor the level of soil vulnerability to degradation. Three classes of land vulnerability-unaffected, fragile and critical-were identified and analysed using metrics to investigate possible links between soil degradation and land fragmentation. During the study period (1960-2010), Italy evolved towards a more fragmented landscape, characterised by increasingly smaller and contiguous patches, heterogeneous land-use structures and more irregular patches. We also introduced concepts focusing on syndromes of soil degradation characterised by a variety of attributes that correlate with land fragmentation. The present study makes an important contribution towards an operational system for identifying areas at risk of desertification. Analysis of land fragmentation as a proxy of soil degradation allows the characterisation of general landscape changes and identification of place-specific patterns associated with spatio-temporal dynamics leading to higher risk of desertification.
英文关键词	Landscape Desertification ESAI Vulnerability hotspots Italy
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Italy
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000480477600004
WOS关键词	SPATIAL VEGETATION PATTERNS ; LONG-TERM CHANGES ; DESERTIFICATION ; SENSITIVITY ; SYSTEMS ; TRENDS ; FOREST ; RESILIENCE ; RESOURCES ; PERIURBAN
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/215453
作者单位	1.Italian Inst Environm Protect & Res ISPRA, Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, I-00155 Rome, Italy; 2.Sapienza Univ Rome, Dept Architecture & Planning, Via Flaminia 359, I-00196 Rome, Italy; 3.Council Agr Res & Econ, Ctr Agr & Environm CREA AA, Via Navicella 2-4, I-00184 Rome, Italy; 4.Council Agr Res & Econ, Ctr Forestry & Wood CREA FL, Viale Santa Margherita 80, I-52100 Arezzo, Italy
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Smiraglia, Daniela,Tombolini, Ilaria,Canfora, Loredana,et al. The Latent Relationship Between Soil Vulnerability to Degradation and Land Fragmentation: A Statistical Analysis of Landscape Metrics in Italy, 1960-2010[J],2019,64(2):154-165.
APA	Smiraglia, Daniela,Tombolini, Ilaria,Canfora, Loredana,Bajocco, Sofia,Perini, Luigi,&Salvati, Luca.(2019).The Latent Relationship Between Soil Vulnerability to Degradation and Land Fragmentation: A Statistical Analysis of Landscape Metrics in Italy, 1960-2010.ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,64(2),154-165.
MLA	Smiraglia, Daniela,et al."The Latent Relationship Between Soil Vulnerability to Degradation and Land Fragmentation: A Statistical Analysis of Landscape Metrics in Italy, 1960-2010".ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 64.2(2019):154-165.