The study of the relationship between connectivity of rural landuse and urban fringe area, Kyoto city

Abstract

Rural space of urban fringe area is valuable biological habitat and inhabit various organism. This study was intended to clarify the relationship between connectivity of rural landuse and bird in urban fringe area by using landuse connecptivity index. As a results, the difference in connectibity index occurs at the point with the landuse of the same area. There exists the rerationship between the connectibity index of the paddy field and water bird. There is also relationship between the connectibity index of the field and Alauda arvensis. It is suggested that the connectivity of the land is affecting a particular birds.