Study on the Spatial Connectivity and Distribution of the Landscape for Maoershan Region in Heilongjiang Province

Abstract:

The spatial distribution of the landscape types for Maoershan region was found by the analysis of landscape nearest neighbor index and landscape connectivity index with ARC/INFO. The results showed that there were great difference of landscape connectivity between woodland and non-woodland; the nearest neighbor index of plantation was lower than that of natural forest; and the landscape pattern of natural forest were nearly the random distribution.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 955-959)
• Pages: 3987-3993
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.955-959.3987
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Yun Jie Wu*, Feng You Wang
• Keywords: Landscape Connectivity, Landscape Pattern, Landscape Type, Nearest Neighbor Index

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