TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring links between culture and biodiversity
T2 - studying land use intensity from the plot to the landscape level
AU - Bürgi, Matthias
AU - Li, Li
AU - Kizos, Thanasis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - In recent years, the term biocultural diversity has been promoted to raise awareness for the interrelationship between culture and biodiversity. Whereas the term is hard to conceptualize in general, specific links between culture and biodiversity can be explored. In this paper, we focus on land use, which is on one hand culturally coined, and has on the other hand far-reaching impacts on biodiversity. The specific effects of land use on biodiversity depend on its intensity, which can be parameterized in different way, not the least depending on the scale of observation. Based on a short review of different approaches on how to assess land use intensity (LUI), we propose a new conceptual framework reflecting the scaled nature of the linkages between land management and biodiversity. From the plot to the landscape level, different aspects of LUI are becoming relevant, some of which we illustrate with case studies from China, Greece and Switzerland. We conclude on how the framework proposed can further our understanding on the interconnectedness of humans and their environment.
AB - In recent years, the term biocultural diversity has been promoted to raise awareness for the interrelationship between culture and biodiversity. Whereas the term is hard to conceptualize in general, specific links between culture and biodiversity can be explored. In this paper, we focus on land use, which is on one hand culturally coined, and has on the other hand far-reaching impacts on biodiversity. The specific effects of land use on biodiversity depend on its intensity, which can be parameterized in different way, not the least depending on the scale of observation. Based on a short review of different approaches on how to assess land use intensity (LUI), we propose a new conceptual framework reflecting the scaled nature of the linkages between land management and biodiversity. From the plot to the landscape level, different aspects of LUI are becoming relevant, some of which we illustrate with case studies from China, Greece and Switzerland. We conclude on how the framework proposed can further our understanding on the interconnectedness of humans and their environment.
KW - Biodiversity
KW - Disturbance
KW - Land use change
KW - Land use intensity (LUI)
KW - Landscape dynamics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84945477616&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10531-015-0970-0
DO - 10.1007/s10531-015-0970-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84945477616
SN - 0960-3115
VL - 24
SP - 3285
EP - 3303
JO - Biodiversity and Conservation
JF - Biodiversity and Conservation
IS - 13
ER -