Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice Pattern and Process /

• Main Authors: Turner, Monica G. (Author), Gardner, Robert H. (Author), OỚ"Neill, Robert V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2001.
• Subjects: Environment.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Ecology.; Applied ecology.; Ecosystems.; Landscape ecology.; Environmental management.; Environmental Management.; Applied Ecology.; Landscape Ecology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
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Landscape ecology is not a distinct discipline or simply a branch of ecology, but rather is the synthetic intersection of many related disciplines that focus on the spatial-temporal pattern of the landscape. Risser et al. , 1984 The emergence of landscape ecology as a discipline has catalyzed a shif...

Table of Contents:

• to Landscape Ecology
• The Critical Concept of Scale
• to Models
• Causes of Landscape Pattern
• Quantifying Landscape Pattern
• Neutral Landscape Models
• Landscape Disturbance Dynamics
• Organisms and Landscape Pattern
• Ecosystem Processes in the Landscape
• Applied Landscape Ecology
• Conclusions and Future Directions.