Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
482
Utgivningsdatum
2015-11-03
Upplaga
2nd ed. 2015
Förlag
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Illustratör/Fotograf
16 schwarz-weiße Tabellen 8 schwarz-weiße und 9 farbige Abbildungen Bibliographie
Illustrationer
XX, 482 p.
Volymtitel
Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice
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264 x 182 x 33 mm
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1407 g
Antal komponenter
1
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1 Hardback
ISBN
9781493927937

Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice

Pattern and Process

av Monica G Turner, Robert H Gardner
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2015-11-03
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This work provides in-depth analysis of the origins of landscape ecology and its close alignment with the understanding of scale, the causes of landscape pattern, and the interactions of spatial pattern with a variety of ecological processes. The text covers the quantitative approaches that are applied widely in landscape studies, with emphasis on their appropriate use and interpretation. The field of landscape ecology has grown rapidly during this period, its concepts and methods have matured, and the published literature has increased exponentially. Landscape research has enhanced understanding of the causes and consequences of spatial heterogeneity and how these vary with scale, and they have influenced the management of natural and human-dominated landscapes. Landscape ecology is now considered mainstream, and the approaches are widely used in many branches of ecology and are applied not only in terrestrial settings but also in aquatic and marine systems. In response to these rapid developments, an updated edition of Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice provides a synthetic overview of landscape ecology, including its development, the methods and techniques that are employed, the major questions addressed, and the insights that have been gained.
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The book is still structured in a series of chapters well arranged both for a thorough introduction to the field and for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate university course. Each chapter concludes with a set of discussion questions and suggestions for further reading. I will be using this new edition in my landscape ecology class in the fall, and I suspect many others will be as well. (Joshua J. Lawler, Ecology, Vol. 98 (8), August, 2017) Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice is probably the most comprehensive and updated textbook in landscape ecology available today. It will provide a wonderful introduction to the core landscape principles and concepts for graduate and undergraduate students, but also for more experienced researchers and practitioners that need a review of the most relevant and recent knowledge in the field. This book will beuseful not only to ecologists, but also for students from other fields . (Jean Paul Metzger, Landscape Ecology, Vol. 32, 2017) This much-revised second edition reflects the burgeoning literature and new ideas in the intervening years. The book is primarily directed to students in ecology, but conservation biology, resource management, landscape architecture and land planning will also find topics of interest here. it undoubtedly a fine piece of work by two leading ecologists that deserves to be read and savoured by anyone with an interest in the field of landscape ecology. (The Bulletin, Vol. 47 (2), June, 2016)

Övrig information

Monica G. Turner Eugene P. Odum Professor of Ecology Department of Zoology University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 turnermg@wisc.edu Tel. 608-262-2592 Robert H. Gardner Professor Emeritus Appalachian Lab University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Frostburg, MD 21532 rhgardner99@gmail.com Tel. 707-230-5106

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction to Landscape Ecology and Scale.- Causes of Landscape Pattern.- Introduction to Models.- Landscape Metrics.- Spatial Statistics.- Landscape Disturbance Dynamics.- Organisms and Landscape Pattern.- Ecosystem Processes in Heterogeneous Landscapes.- Landscape Dynamics in a Rapidly Changing World.- Conclusions and Future Directions.

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