The present study approaches the environmental assessment of landscapes in two steps: first, through the determination of the relevant characteristics that influence the perception of a sample of galician landscapes, in north-western spain, using both quantitative data and categorical data; and second, by obtaining a list of predictors of scenic beauty for a sample of landscapes.
Computers are not omniscient, and computer-aided predictive modelling of soil distribution requires adequate representative sampling of landscapes to cover the range of combinations of environmental factors that govern pedogenesis.
Soil erosion, nitrogen leaching, carbon sequestration and landscape biodiversity were chosen as indicators to assess a stratified random sample of 19 landscape test sites in the Mediterranean and Atlantic regions of Europe.
A regional approach to the archaeological record one that includes not only large, stratified sites, but also small, ephemeral ones, surface finds, and isolates provides a more representative sample of prehistoric landscape use than do stratified sites alone.
Before construction began, every area was subject to detailed archaeological investigation: doing so has exposed a rich history of human settlement since Neolithic times and has provided a unique insight into the history of a large sample of the landscape of north Buckinghamshire.
Values in parentheses are standard errors for the sample of 50 landscapes.
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This systematic sample of a large landscape provides information about variability in species composition, densities, and structures at multiple spatial scales, which are highly relevant to management activities to restore and conserve desired ecosystem functions.
We used a whole-of-landscape sampling approach, and mapped fire age classes and vegetation types separately within thirty-six 300 ha landscape sampling units.
Breeding forest birds were recorded and breeding of target species in the sample sites as functions of landscape descriptors was tested using logistic regression.
