Keywords:
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The Handbook provides a supporting guide to key aspects and applications of landscape ecology to underpin its research and teaching. A wide range of contributions written by expert researchers in the field summarise the latest knowledge on landscape ecology theory and concepts, landscape processes, methods and tools, and emerging frontiers.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (503 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780429679674
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=6674997
DDC:
577.5/5
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 A brief history and overview of landscape ecology -- Part I Theory and concepts in landscape ecology -- Chapter 2 Landscape mosaics and the patch-corridor-matrix model -- Chapter 3 Scale and hierarchy in landscape ecology -- Chapter 4 Landscape connectivity -- Part II Landscape processes -- Chapter 5 Spatially structured ecosystems, connectivity, and movement -- Chapter 6 Habitat fragmentation -- Chapter 7 Nutrient flows in the landscape -- Chapter 8 The disturbance regime concept -- Chapter 9 Impacts of climate changes and amplified natural disturbance on global ecosystems -- Chapter 10 Change from within: Bottom-up disturbances of ecosystems -- Part III Methods and tools for landscape ecology -- Chapter 11 Fieldwork in landscape ecology -- Chapter 12 Remote sensing and landscape mapping -- Chapter 13 Sensors in the landscape -- Chapter 14 The role of paleoecology in understanding landscape-level ecosystem dynamics -- Chapter 15 Landscape pattern analysis -- Chapter 16 Quantitative modelling and computer simulation -- Chapter 17 Landscape character assessment and participatory approaches -- Chapter 18 Experimentation in landscape ecology -- Part IV Landscape ecology frontiers -- Chapter 19 Landscape ecology contributions to biodiversity conservation -- Chapter 20 Ecosystem services in the landscape -- Chapter 21 Riverscapes -- Chapter 22 Landscape restoration -- Chapter 23 Landscapes and climate change - case studies from Europe -- Index.
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