Landscape Ecology

Concepts, Methods, and Applications
Herausgeber: Burel, Francoise; Baudry, Jacques

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about the birth of landscape ecology. It demonstrates how the concepts of landscape ecology have contributed to the definition of the policy of protection of nature and illustrates the dynamics of populations and communities, as well as transfers of matter and nutrients.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Longman Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781578082148
• ISBN-10: 1578082145
• Artikelnr.: 37185562

Autorenporträt

Francoise Burel

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction: Definition of a Discipline: Emergence of Landscape
Ecology in the History of Ecology; Recognition of Heterogeneity in
Ecological Systems; Taking Human Activities into Account in Ecological
Systems; Explicit Accounting for Space and Time; Landscape Ecology is based
on Scientific Theories Linked to Ecology and Related Disciplines Landscpe
Ecology: Definition of a Multidisciplinary Approach: Landscape as
Understood by the Ecologist; Landscape Ecology: An Interdisciplinary
Approach; Landscape Ecology: Application of Results of Fundamental Research
to Conservation Biology and Land Management Part II: Landscape Structure
and Dynamics Analysis of Spatial Structures: Categories of Landscape
Elements; From Sample Plots in a Wood to Woods in a Landscape; Typology of
Patches and Corridors; Basic Concepts for Quantitative Approaches;
Measurement of Heterogeneity; Fragmentation; Connectedness o Return to
Scale Dependence: Contribution of Fractal Geometry o Elements of
Geostatistics; Typologies of Landscape Structures; General Conclusion
Dynamics of Landscapes: Questions on Organization and Dynamics of
Landscapes Stemming from Observation; Changes in Land use on the Global
Scale; Regional Approaches to Changes in Land Use: Variations Depending on
Modes of Measurement; Local Approaches to Changes in Land Cover: Importance
of Spatialization; Dynamics of Valley Landscapes: The Water Course and its
Corridors; Dynamics of Non-Anthropogenic Landscapes; Land cover and
Evolving Landscapes, a General Phenomenon Organization of Landscapes:
Categories of Models; The Concept of Organization; Ecological Organization
of Landscapes; From Farming Systems to Landscape Diversity; General
Approach of Dynamics and Organization of Agrarian Landscapes; Landscape
Dynamics and (Re) Organization: Multi-scale and Multidisciplinary Approach
Part III: Ecological Processes within Landscapes: The Functioning of
Populations at the Landscape Level: Patch Theory and Functioning of
Metapopulations; Multi-habitat Species; Movement in Landscapes; Landscape
Dynamics and the Functioning of Populations; Population Models used in
Landscape Ecology Interspecific Relationships and Biodiversity in
Landscapes: Interspecific Relationships; Biodiversity Geochemical Flows in
Landscapes: Buffer Zones; Erosive Phenomena and Landscape Structure;
Transfers in Watersheds; Conclusion Part IV: Applications to Landscape
Management: Application of Landscape Ecology Concepts to Landscape
Management and Design: Corridor Concept Applied to Development; Considering
Landscape Ecology Concepts in Establishing Transportation Infrastructures;
The Development of Rural Landscapes