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Landscape connectivity: the geographic basis of geomorphic applications
Author(s) -
Brierley Gary,
Fryirs Kirstie,
Jain Vikrant
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2006.00671.x
Subject(s) - landscape connectivity , field (mathematics) , environmental resource management , drainage basin , disturbance (geology) , geology , environmental science , geography , hydrology (agriculture) , cartography , geomorphology , biological dispersal , population , demography , mathematics , sociology , pure mathematics , geotechnical engineering
Geographic concerns for spatial relationships lie at the heart of geomorphic applications in environmental management. The way in which landscape compartments fit together in a catchment influences the operation of biophysical fluxes, and hence the ways in which disturbance responses are mediated over time. These relationships reflect the connectivity of the landscape. A nested hierarchical framework that emphasizes differing forms of (dis)connectivity in catchments is proposed. This field‐based geomorphic tool can be used to ground the application of modelling techniques in analysis of catchment‐scale biophysical fluxes.