Landscape Ecology - 2022 Best Article Award

The Best Article Award is awarded annually to the best article published in Landscape Ecology in the previous calendar year, and selected by the Landscape Ecology Best Article Award Selection Committee based on the following criteria:

Relevance: The article’s subject matter is immediately relevant to the key topics in landscape ecology;

Scientific rigor: The article has interesting and important research questions clearly articulated, proper methods adequately described and rigorously implemented, and unambiguous conclusions sufficiently supported by results presented;

Breakthrough/Innovation: The article presents a new theoretical and methodological development or ground-breaking findings through innovative applications of landscape ecological principles and methods;

Originality and literature: The article is original in terms of the research reported and shows an adequate awareness of the primary literature immediately relevant to the subject matter;

Quality of writing: The article is well organized and written, with clarity, accuracy, and readability.

The winner receives:

1. A voucher for complimentary access to any Springer publication in eBook form (value of 250 Euros/US dollars)
2. Article made freely accessible for up to 8 weeks on SpringerLink.
    

And the 2022 Best Article Award in Landscape Ecology goes to…

• Goicolea, T., Mateo-Sánchez, M.C. Static vs dynamic connectivity: how landscape changes affect connectivity predictions in the Iberian Peninsula. Landsc Ecol 37, 1855–1870 (2022) (this opens in a new tab)
  (Open Access)
   

Honorable Mentions:

• Belote, R.T., Barnett, K., Zeller, K. et al. Examining local and regional ecological connectivity throughout North America. Landsc Ecol 37, 2977–2990 (this opens in a new tab)
  (Open Access)
• Dong, J., Jiang, H., Gu, T. et al. Sustainable landscape pattern: a landscape approach to serving spatial planning. Landsc Ecol 37, 31–42 (this opens in a new tab)
• Lavorel, S., Grigulis, K., Richards, D.R. et al. Templates for multifunctional landscape design. Landsc Ecol 37, 913–934 (this opens in a new tab)
• Butler, E.P., Bliss-Ketchum, L.L., de Rivera, C.E. et al. Habitat, geophysical, and eco-social connectivity: benefits of resilient socio–ecological landscapes. Landsc Ecol 37, 1–29 (2022) (this opens in a new tab)

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Congratulations to these authors on behalf of the journal and the 2022 Best Article Award Selection Committee:

• Jianguo (Jingle) Wu (Chair), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
• Avi Bar-Massada, University of Haifa - Oranim, Kiryat Tivon, Israel
• Jennifer K. Costanza, USDA Forest Service, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
• Ignacio Fernández, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
• Li Li, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
• Diane Pearson, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
• Bill Peterman, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
• José Muñoz-Rojas, Universidade de Évora, Portugal
   

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