ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Spatio-Temporal Changes in Habitat Quality and Linkage with Landscape Characteristics Using InVEST-Habitat Quality Model: A Case Study at Changdang Lake National Wetland, Changzhou, China
Nan Wang 1,2,3,4,5
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Guisheng Wang 1,2,3,4,5
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Weiling Guo 1,2,3
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School of Spatial Information and Geomatics, Anhui University of Science and Technology, School of Spatial Information and Geomatics, Anhui University of Science and Technology. NO.168 Taifeng Road, Huainan 232001, China
 
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Key Laboratory of Aviation-aerospace-ground Cooperative Monitoring and Early Warning of Coal Mining-induced Disasters of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui University of Science and Technology, KLAHEI (KLAHEI18015), School of Spatial Information and Geomatics, Anhui University of Science and Technology. NO.168 Taifeng Road, Huainan 232001, China
 
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Coal Industry Engineering Research Center of Collaborative Monitoring of Mining Area’s Environment and Disasters, School of Spatial Information and Geomatics, Anhui University of Science and Technology. NO.168 Taifeng Road, Huainan 232001, China
 
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Postdoctoral Station of Geological Resources and Geological Engineering, School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology. NO.168 Taifeng Road, Huainan 232001, China
 
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Postdoctoral Working Station, Anhui Huayin Mechanical and Electrical Co., Ltd. No. 39 Jianshe South Road, Huainan 232001, China
 
 
Submission date: 2021-11-26
 
 
Final revision date: 2022-05-28
 
 
Acceptance date: 2022-06-03
 
 
Online publication date: 2022-08-30
 
 
Publication date: 2022-11-03
 
 
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Nan Wang   

School of Spatial Information and Geomatics, Anhui University of Science and Technology, China
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(6):5269-5284
 
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Clarifying the spatio-temporal habitat quality changes caused by land use and associated landscape structural changes can provide scientific references for ecological conservation and landscape management. This study investigated spatio-temporal changes in habitat quality associated with land-use change and landscape characteristics in the Changdang Lake National Wetland from 2010 to 2019. The Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model was used to assess the habitat quality and partial least squares regression analysis was employed to evaluate the contribution of landscape characteristic changes to habitat quality changes caused by the land-use conversion. The results showed that the mean habitat quality value of the study area increased from 0.7 to 0.73. Meanwhile, the areas with high and low habitat quality values increased by approximately 11.6% and 1.9%, respectively, while the areas with moderate habitat quality values decreased by 13.5%; this indicated that the wetland experienced a slight habitat quality improvement. The most important landscape structure variable that accounted for habitat quality change for all land-use types including habitat, semi-habitat and non-habitat was percentage of landscape (PLAND). These findings suggested that strengthening ecological environment management, reducing habitat modifications and restoring degraded natural habitats are crucial to maintaining biodiversity.
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