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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

23.08.2016

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Springer Us

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482

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25.4/17.8/2.8 cm

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938 g

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Second Edition 2015

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Englisch

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978-1-4939-3818-6

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“The book is still structured in a series of chapters well arranged both for a thorough introduction to the field and for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate university course. Each chapter concludes with a set of discussion questions and suggestions for further reading. … I will be using this new edition in my landscape ecology class in the fall, and I suspect many others will be as well.” (Joshua J. Lawler, Ecology, Vol. 98 (8), August, 2017) 

“‘Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice’ is probably the most comprehensive and updated textbook in landscape ecology available today. It will provide a wonderful introduction to the core landscape principles and concepts for graduate and undergraduate students, but also for more experienced researchers and practitioners that need a review of the most relevant and recent knowledge in the field. This book will beuseful not only to ecologists, but also for students from other fields … .” (Jean Paul Metzger, Landscape Ecology, Vol. 32, 2017)

“This much-revised second edition reflects the burgeoning literature and new ideas in the intervening years. … The book is primarily directed to students in ecology, but conservation biology, resource management, landscape architecture and land planning will also find topics of interest here. … it undoubtedly a fine piece of work by two leading ecologists that deserves to be read and savoured by anyone with an interest in the field of landscape ecology.” (The Bulletin, Vol. 47 (2), June, 2016)

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23.08.2016

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938 g

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Second Edition 2015

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4939-3818-6

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  • Table of Contents

     

    Chapter 1. Introduction to Landscape Ecology and Scale

          What is Landscape Ecology?

          Roots of Landscape Ecology

                Intellectual Foundations of Landscape Ecology

                Landscape Ecology Matures

          Scale and Heterogeneity

                Scale Terminology

                Hierarchy Theory and Cross-scale Interactions

                Upscaling and Downscaling

          Objectives of this Book

          Summary

          Discussion Questions

          Recommended Readings

     

    Chapter 2. Causes of Landscape Pattern

          Four Key Drivers of Landscape Pattern

                The Abiotic Template

                Biotic Interactions

                Human Land Use

                Disturbance and Succession

          Landscape Legacies and the Role of History

          Why is it Still Difficult to Explain and Predict Landscape Change?

                Multivariate Interacting Drivers

                Thresholds and Nonlinearites

                Social-ecological Systems

                Limited Ability to Perform Exeriments

          Summary

          Discussion Questions

          Recommended Readings

     

    Chapter 3. Introduction to Models

          What are Models and Why do we use them?

                What is a Model?                   

                Why Landscape Ecologists Need Models

          Strategy for Developing Models

                Define the Problem and Develop a Conceptual Model

          Tactics for Making the Model Work

          Neutral Landscape Models

                Neutral Models in Ecology

                Neutral Models in Landscape Ecology

          Insights and Applications of NLMs

          Summary

          Discussion Questions

          Recommended Readings

     

    Chapter 4. Landscape Metrics

          Why Quantify Pattern?

          Data Used in Landscape Analyses

                A Comment on Spatial Data Accuracy

          Caveats for Landscape Pattern Analysis, or “READ THIS FIRST”

                #1 The Classification Scheme is Critical

                #2 Scale Matters and Must be Defined

                #3 A Patch is not a Patch

                #4 Many Metrics are Correlated with one Another (and thus Redundant)

                #5 There is no Single, Magic Metric

          Metrics for Quantifying Landscape Pattern

                Metrics of Landscape Composition

                Metrics of Spatial Configuration

                Fractals

                Measures of Landscape Texture

                Measures of Landscape Connectivity

          Landscape Metrics: What is the State of the Science?

                What Constitutes a “Significant” Difference in Landscape Pattern?

                Making Sense out of Multiple Metrics

                Metrics and Landscape Indicators

                Some Additional Practical Advice and Parting Words

          Summary

          Discussion Questions

          Recommended Readings

     

    Chapter 5. Spatial Statistics

          Why do Landscape Ecologists use Spatial Statistics?

                Spatial Independence

                Nature of Spatial Structure

                Spatial Interpolation

          Caveats for Using Spatial Statistics, or “READ THIS FIRST”

                #1 The Spatial Dependence in Landscape Data must be Characterized and Considered

                #2 Spatial Autocorrelation is Not Always a Problem

                #3 Coincidence of Scales of Spatial Dependence Among Multiple Variables does not Prove Causality

                #4 Scale Always Matters

                #5 Stationarity is an Important Assumption in Many Spatial Statistical Analyses

                #6 Interpreting Spatial Statistics is both a Science and an Art

          Point Pattern Analysis

          Autocorrelation and Variography

                Spatial Autocorrelation

                Variography

                Cross-correlograms and Co-variograms

                Optimized Sampling Designs for Spatial Statistics

          Examples of Spatial Statistics in Landscape Ecology

          Selected Software Resources for Spatial Statistics

          Summary

          Discussion Questions

          Recommended Readings

     

    Chapter 6. Landscape Disturbance Dynamics

          Disturbance and Disturbance Regimes

          Effects of Landscape Heterogeneity on Disturbance

                Landscape Position and Vulnerability to Disturbance

                Effects of Landscape Heterogeneity on Spread of Disturbance

                Landscape Epidemiology

          Effects of Disturbance on Landscape Heterogeneity

                The Disturbance-generated Mosaic

                Disturbance and Spatial Patterns of Succession

          Integrating Disturbance and Succession in Space and Time

                Disturbance and the Historic Range of Variability

                Concepts of Landscape Equilibrium

          Looking Ahead: Interacting Disturbances and Changing Disturbance Regimes

                Compound and Linked Disturbances

                Changes in Climate and Disturbance Regimes

          Summary

          Discussion Questions

          Recommended Readings

     

    Chapter 7. Organisms and Landscape Pattern

          Conceptual Development of Organism-Space Interactions

                What is Habitat?

                Behavioral Landscape Ecology

                Scale Matters

          Effects of Organisms on Landscape Heterogeneity

          Responses of Organisms to Landscape Heterogeneity

                General Insights, from Patch to Landscape

          Landscape Heterogeneity and Species Interactions

                Predator-prey Interactions

                Natural Enemies and Pollination in Agricultural Landscapes

                Community Structure

          Landscape Ecology of Species Invasions

          Landscape Genetics

          Summary

          Discussion Questions

          Recommended Readings

     

    Chapter 8. Ecosystem Processes in Heterogeneous Landscapes

          Conceptual Frameworks – Ecosystem Processes in Heterogeneous Landscapes

                Theoretical Development

                A Practical Framework

    Point Processes (Vertical Fluxes)

                Biomass, Net Primary Production and Carbon

                Landscape Biogeochemistry

                Landscape Limnology

          Lateral Fluxes (Horizontal Transport)

                Redistribution of Litter and Organic Matter

                Nutrient Loading to Aquatic Ecosystems

                Mobile Animals and Species Interactions

          State of the Science: Challenges and Opportunities

          Summary

          Discussion Questions

          Recommended Readings

     

    Chapter 9. Landscape Dynamics in a Rapidly Changing World

          Landscape Indicators

          Climate Change

                Migration in Response to Climate Change

                Climate Effects on Disturbances

          Land-use Change and Landscape Scenarios

                Landscape Scenarios

                Land-use Synthesis

          Ecosystem Services and Landscape Sustainability

                Landscape Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Services

                Interactions Among Ecosystem Services

                Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity

                Ecosystem Services: Synthesis

          Summary

          Discussion Questions

          Recommended Readings

     

    Chapter 10. Conclusions and Future Directions

          What Has Been Learned from Landscape Ecology?

          Future Directions

                Future Directions Revisited from the 1st Edition

                Looking Ahead

                Training the Next Generation of Landscape Ecologists

          Conclusion

          Discussion Questions

          Recommended Readings