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Designing an Ecological Network in Yichang Central City in China Based on Habitat Quality Assessment

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  • Guixuan You

    (School of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China)

  • Tianyi Chen

    (School of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China)

  • Peixin Shen

    (School of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China)

  • Yuandong Hu

    (School of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
    Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province Cold Landscape Plant Germplasm Resources Development and Landscape Ecological Restoration, Harbin 150040, China)

Abstract

Habitat fragmentation seriously threatens urban biodiversity conservation and ecosystem integrity. Constructing an ecological network and improving the connection level between habitat patches can effectively alleviate the general ecological environmental problems of rapid urban development. In this paper, three focal animal species were selected in the central urban area of Yichang City in China. Based on the habitat quality assessment results of the InVEST model, the ecological network of the three focal species was designed by combining morphological spatial pattern analysis and least-cost path models, and a multi-species comprehensive ecological network of the study area was designed. The consensus identified 31 ecological sources, 64 ecological corridors and 151 ecological nodes. The results can provide support for biodiversity conservation and green space planning in the study area, and also provide a reference for the construction and optimization of ecological networks for biodiversity conservation in urbanized areas.

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  • Guixuan You & Tianyi Chen & Peixin Shen & Yuandong Hu, 2023. "Designing an Ecological Network in Yichang Central City in China Based on Habitat Quality Assessment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-19, May.
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