Identifying priority areas for ecological conservation and restoration based on circuit theory and dynamic weighted complex network: A case study of the Sichuan Basin

• Published in: Ecological indicators Vol. 155; p. 111064
• Main Authors: Gao, Cheng, Pan, Hongyi, Wang, Mengchao, Zhang, Tianyi, He, Yanmei, Cheng, Jianxiong, Yao, Caiyi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: basins; case studies; China; Circuitscape theory; Complex network; Ecological networks; ecosystems; governance; landscape ecology; landscapes; quantitative analysis; Sichuan Basin; topology; urbanization; China; Sichuan Basin; Circuitscape theory; Complex network; Ecological networks

•A new research framework for identifying the key Ecological nodes was proposed.•Achieved dynamic analysis on ecological networks and their components.•Weighted complex networks have been used to obtain ecological network topology information with higher credibility.•Rethinking landscape function fr...