Learning Landscape Ecology A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gergel, Sarah E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Turner, Monica G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2002.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Ecology.; Landscape ecology.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Terrestial Ecology.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Theoretical Ecology/Statistics.

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,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.