Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice Pattern and Process /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Turner, Monica G. (Autor), Gardner, Robert H. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:2nd ed. 2015.
Temas:
Landscape ecology.
Biotic communities.
Human geography.
Environmental management.
Ecology .
Landscape Ecology.
Ecosystems.
Human Geography.
Environmental Management.
Terrestial Ecology.
Theoretical and Statistical Ecology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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