Effects of road network on vegetation pattern in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, Southwest China |
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| Authors: | Shiliang Liu Li Deng Qinghe Zhao Stephen Daniel DeGloria Shikui Dong |
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| Affiliation: | aSchool of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;bDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA |
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| Abstract: | The paper presents the results of a case study carried out in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China, to examine the relationship between vegetation dynamics and road network extension. We find that lower level roads had more effects on vegetation patches. Minor roads, including Class IV and Class V roads, contributed most to regional landscape fragmentation while high level roads had larger effect on vegetation dynamics in road effect zone. Further, road classes have close relationships with village distribution, topography fluctuation and landscape fragmentation. Topography, however had no direct relationship with vegetation pattern. |
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| Keywords: | Landscape patterns Vegetation fragmentation Roads and vegetation |
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