Learning Landscape Ecology A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques

Learning Landscape Ecology A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques / edited by Sarah E. Gergel, Monica G. Turner.

Landscape ecology continues to grow as an exciting, dynamic ecological d- cipline. With its broadscale emphasis and multidisciplinary approach, la- scape ecology lends itself both to basic research and to applications in land management, land-use planning, wildlife management, ecosystem mana- ment,...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gergel, Sarah E. (Editor), Turner, Monica G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
Edition:1st ed. 2002.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Landscape ecology.
Ecology .
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Environmental monitoring.
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Table of Contents:
  • and Concepts of Scale
  • Scale and Hierarchy Theory
  • Collecting Spatial Data at Broad Scales
  • to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Models and Causes of Landscape Pattern
  • to Markov Models
  • Simulating Changes in Landscape Pattern
  • Creating Landscape Pattern
  • Quantifying Landscape Pattern
  • Understanding Landscape Metrics I
  • Understanding Landscape Metrics II
  • Neutral Landscape Models
  • Scale Detection Using Semivariograms and Autocorrelograms
  • Disturbance Dynamics
  • Landscape Disturbance
  • Alternative Stable States
  • Organism Response to Landscape Pattern
  • Interpreting Landscape Patterns from Organism-Based Perspectives
  • Landscape Context
  • Landscape Connectivity and Metapopulation Dynamics
  • Individual-Based Modeling
  • Ecosystem Processes at Broad Scales
  • Feedbacks between Organisms and Ecosystem Processes
  • Modeling Ecosystem Processes
  • Applied Landscape Ecology
  • Reserve Design
  • Prioritizing Reserves for Acquisition.

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