Geological Heritage and Biodiversity in Natural and Cultural Landscapes

• Other Authors: Martínez-Graña, Antonio Miguel (Editor), Agudo, José Ángel Sánchez (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; quaternary landscape; geomorphological analysis; depositional-erosional terraces; incision-displacement rates; Tormes River; landscape; landscape quality; landscape fragility, need of protection; landscape diagnosis; GIS; environmental assessment; petrified forest; sustainable development; geodiversity; biodiversity; Puyango; geopark; fluvial terraces; chronology; Yeltes river; Duero basin (Spain); geomorphological map; Appalachian landscape; neotectonic; drainage network; superimposition-antecedence; fungal indicators; conservation; dehesas; MW Spain; Corridor Designer; MaxEnt; species distribution models; ecological corridors; armed conflict; Colombia; conservation and development; fertility; human biodemography; infant mortality; local populations; population structure; protected areas; socio-economic effects; ecological niche dynamics; reciprocal niche models; biological invasions; Batuecan lizard; connectivity; endangered species; graph theory; Iberolacerta martinezricai; mountain lizard; network analysis; Ramsar Site; types of wetlands; priority habitats; cultural values; sensitivity; vulnerability; threatened species; hydrophyte plants; species' rear edges; climatic change; CENFA
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Geological Heritage has very diverse elements, both for its intrinsic nature and for its social and scientific significance. These elements have a scientific dimension (stratigraphic, geomorphological, lithological, paleontological, etc.) and a landscape dimension, both with implications for territo...