Why Map Ecotopes?
Ecotope mapping
stratifies
landscapes into ecologically distinct features,
enabling the measurement of ecological pattern, process and change. |
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To map and measure ecological change across
landscapes.
Example of long-term changes in vegetation cover, 1945 - 2002, across a site in
rural China (Ellis
et al. 2006). Mapped using
AEM. |
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To make comparisons between sites. |
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To stratify landscapes for
environmental sampling. |
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To stratify landscapes into units for land
management interviews. |
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To integrate landscape,
environment and management data.
Example of long-term changes in soil nitrogen, 1945 - 2002, across a village in
rural China (Ellis
et al. 2000b).
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