Abstract
Ecological systems exist as a sequence of interacting landscape mosaics which undergo changes due to several natural and anthropogenic pressures. Landscape processes have a significant correlation with disturbances at the landscape level which influences the spatial organization of biodiversity. Landscape matrices like fragmentation, patchiness, porosity, interspersion, and juxtaposition are aiding tools for understanding changes of any landscape through ecological processes and its spatial-temporal patterns. This paper is studying the fragmentation of land covers having high biodiversity value in an eco-sensitive region, Munnar in the Western Ghats of India. The aim is to develop a database for guiding the sustainable management of biodiversity. The spatial analysis in conjunction with existing activities will help to better understand various stressors of the area as well as to identify priority areas to be conserved.
Presenters
Liz Mariya JacobResearch Intern, Centre for Urban Studies, Centre for Public Policy Research, Kerala, India
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Assessing Impacts in Diverse Ecosystems
KEYWORDS
Ecosystem, Fragmentation, Habitat loss
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