Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0387952543 ISBN 13: 9780387952543

Casa editrice: Springer Nature, 2001

Riassunto

Filled with numerous exercises this practical guide provides a real hands-on approach to learning the essential concepts and techniques of landscape ecology. The knowledge gained enables students to usefully address landscape- level ecological and management issues. A variety of approaches are presented, including: group discussion, thought problems, written exercises, and modelling. Each exercise is categorised as to whether it is for individual, small group, or whole class study.

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Recensione

"This book exhaustively covers current methods and techniques in landscape ecology. It is a compendium of contributed chapters from a list of well-recognized researchers ... . It is specifically designed as a laboratory manual for university students ... . A unique benefit of this book is an accompanying CD-ROM containing associated material for use with each laboratory ... . It is likely to be the best currently available resource for anyone interested in learning about or teaching landscape ecology methods at the university level." --Robert G. Deon, Environmental Conservation, Vol. 30 (1), 2003

"There is currently no lab manual of landscape ecology that covers the breadth of topics of this book. ... This book is written for advanced undergraduate or graduate students (and their professors!). ... User-friendly, step-by-step exercises are the heart of this book. ... An accompanying CD-ROM contains necessary program and data files. ... Each step in each exercise is laid out explicitly, making the exercises practically foolproof. ... For a highly applied discipline like landscape ecology, a book like this is a valuable resource ... ." --Nancy E. McIntyre, Ecology, Vol. 83 (7), 2002

"The authors have recognised that despite the growth of landscape ecology courses, nearly every book is a textbook, lacking a hands-on-approach. This text is designed to fill that void by providing a collection of landscape ecology exercises ... . A variety of approaches are presented: group discussions, thought problems, written exercises and modelling. A CD-ROM that comes with the book contains the spatial data sets and modelling software for use with the exercises, and should run on most PC s." --Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, Vol. 33 (3), 2002

Contenuti

I. Introduction and Concepts of Scale: * Scale and Hierarchy Theory (Robert V. O'Neill and Mark A. Smith). * Collecting Spatial Data at Broad Scales (Sarah E. Gergel, Monica G. Turner, and David J. Mladenoff). * Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (Joshua D. Greenberg, Miles G. Logsdon, and Jerry F. Franklin).- II. Models and Causes of Landscape Pattern: * Introduction to Markov Models (Dean L. Urban and David O. Wallin). * Simulating Changes in Landscape Pattern (Eric J. Gustafson). * Creating Landscape Pattern (Hazel R. Delcourt).- III. Quantifying Landscape Pattern: * Understanding Landscape Metrics I (Jeffrey A. Cardille and Monica G. Turner). * Understanding Landscape Metrics II: Effects of Changes of Scale (Joshua G. Greenberg, Sarah E. Gergel, and Monica G. Turner). * Neutral Landscape Models (Robert H. Gardner and Steven Walters). * Scale Detection Using Semivariograms and Autocorrelograms (Michael W. Palmer).- IV. Disturbance Dynamics: * Landscape Disturbance: Location, Pattern, and Dynamics (Monica G. Turner, Daniel B. Tinker, Sarah E. Gergel, and F. Stuart Chapin, III). * Alternative Stable States (Garry D. Peterson).- V. Organism Response to Landscape Pattern: * Interpreting Landscape Patterns from Organism-Based Perspectives (Scott M. Pearson). * Landscape Context (Scott M. Pearson). * Landscape Connectivity and Metapopulation Dynamics (Kimberly A. With). * Individual-Based Modeling: The Bachman's Sparrow (John B. Dunning, Jr., David J. Stewart, and Jianguo Liu).- VI. Ecosystem Processes at Broad Scales: * Feedbacks between Organisms and Ecosystem Processes (Linda L. Wallace and Steve T. Gray). * Modeling Ecosystem Processes (Sarah E. Gergel and Tara Reed-Andersen).- VII. Applied Landscape Ecology: Integrating Across the Levels: * Reserve Design (Stanley A. Temple and John R. Cary). * Prioritizing Reserves for Acquisition (Dean L. Urban).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Springer Nature
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0387952543
• ISBN 13: 9780387952543
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 316
• Redattore: Gergel Sarah E., Turner Monica G.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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