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Spatial architecture
Network structure
The arrangement, size, distribution, connectivity, and relationships of landscape elements through which organisms, materials, energy, and ecological effects can move. In this framework, spatial architecture is distinguished from biotic architecture so that the physical configuration of the landscape can be analyzed separately from the organization of organisms and their ecological interactions.
Forman, R. T. T. (1995). Land Mosaics: The Ecology of Landscapes and Regions. Cambridge University Press. Urban, D., & Keitt, T. (2001). Landscape connectivity: A graph-theoretic perspective. Ecology, 82(5), 1205–1218.
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