Landscape Fragmentation

• Landscape ecology, assessment of structural landscape alterations, and environmental indicators
• Quantification and assessment of landscape fragmentation and landscape connectivity
• Quantitative metrics of landscape structure (landscape indices)
• Road ecology
• Modelling animal dispersal in landscapes and the effects of roads and traffic on animal populations
• Urban sprawl (quantification and assessment, current trends and future scenarios)
• Application of the concept of environmental threat to intrusions into the landscape (to translate the precautionary principle into action)
• Concepts of trans-disciplinary research