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
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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
Corresponding author
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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ABSTRACT
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.