ADVANCED COURSE: 

Landscape ecology: a toolbox to understand patterns, processes, and dynamics in rural landscapes

May 26-29, 2025 | Face-to-face (Campus de Vairão)

Landscape ecology emphasizes the interactions between spatial patterns and ecological processes. Bridging concepts and tools from natural and social sciences, landscape ecology provides a toolbox to quantify and model biodiversity and ecosystem services, essential to support decision-making and landscape planning towards restoration, conservation, and management across scales. Combining lectures and hands-on sessions, this course will provide attendees with an updated overview of the concepts and methods used to grasp landscape patterns, processes, and social-ecological dynamics.
After completion of this 4-day course attendees will gain knowledge regarding:
. Foundations of landscape ecology and basic concepts;
. Patterns, processes and social-ecological dynamics at the landscape level;
. State-of-the-art methods and tools used in landscape research;
. Quantification of landscape attributes using (spatially-explicit) landscape metrics;
. Analysis and modelling of biodiversity patterns using landscape attributes;
. Valuation of landscapes using an ecosystem services approach.

New application deadline: April 21, 2025

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