Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice Pattern and Process /

• Main Authors: Turner, Monica G. (Author), Gardner, Robert H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Ecosystems.; Landscape ecology.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Management.; Terrestial Ecology.; Theoretical Ecology/Statistics.

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 appl...

Table of Contents:

• 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.