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A landscape restoration framework for wildlife and agriculture in the rural landscape
AbstractLandscape restoration is increasingly becoming a necessary management directive for the rural landscape. The addition of patches and corridors in a fragmented agricultural landscape is considered to restore ecological integrity to the landscape by enhancing the biogeochemical cycle. Agricultural benefits of erosion reduction and nutrient cycling, as well as wildlife enhancements in terms of providing habitat, movement corridors, etc., can also be attained by diversifying the fragmented landscape. The challenge lies in developing a restoration method which establishes a symbiotic relationship between agriculture and wildlife. This research has developed one such method of implementing a regional landscape restoration design. The number and location of the additional patches and corridors necessary to restore the landscape were determined for a case study site in southern Ontario. Three alternative restoration designs were then generated to simulate the structural and functional changes in landscape composition. The placement of patches and corridors in the first alternative emphasizes wildlife enhancement. The second alternative emphasizes the existing grid-like pattern of the cultural features (e.g. road alignment, lot layout). The third alternative provides a compromise between maximizing either wildlife or agricultural benefits thereby emphasizing landscape functioning.
A landscape restoration framework for wildlife and agriculture in the rural landscape
AbstractLandscape restoration is increasingly becoming a necessary management directive for the rural landscape. The addition of patches and corridors in a fragmented agricultural landscape is considered to restore ecological integrity to the landscape by enhancing the biogeochemical cycle. Agricultural benefits of erosion reduction and nutrient cycling, as well as wildlife enhancements in terms of providing habitat, movement corridors, etc., can also be attained by diversifying the fragmented landscape. The challenge lies in developing a restoration method which establishes a symbiotic relationship between agriculture and wildlife. This research has developed one such method of implementing a regional landscape restoration design. The number and location of the additional patches and corridors necessary to restore the landscape were determined for a case study site in southern Ontario. Three alternative restoration designs were then generated to simulate the structural and functional changes in landscape composition. The placement of patches and corridors in the first alternative emphasizes wildlife enhancement. The second alternative emphasizes the existing grid-like pattern of the cultural features (e.g. road alignment, lot layout). The third alternative provides a compromise between maximizing either wildlife or agricultural benefits thereby emphasizing landscape functioning.
A landscape restoration framework for wildlife and agriculture in the rural landscape
Fedorowick, Janis M. (author)
Landscape and Urban Planning ; 27 ; 7-17
1993-05-26
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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