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020 _a9780198838388;9780198838395
035 _a20719557
040 _aDLC
_cDLC
_erda
050 _aQH 541.15.L35
_b.W77 2019
100 _aWith, Kimberly A.,
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245 0 _aEssentials of landscape ecology /
_cKimberly A. With.
264 _aOxford, United Kingdom ;;New York, NY :
_bOxford University Press,
_cc2019.
300 _axii, 641 pages :
_bcolor illustrations, color maps
_c28 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
500 _aHuman activity during the Anthropocene has transformed landscapes worldwide on a scale that rivals or exceeds even the largest of natural forces. Landscape ecology has emerged as a science to investigate the interactions between natural and anthropogenic landscapes and ecological processes across a wide range of scales and systems: from the effects of habitat or resource distributions on the individual movements, gene flow, and population dynamics of plants and animals; to the human alteration of landscapes affecting the structure of biological communities and the functioning of entire ecosystems; to the sustainable management of natural resources and the ecosystem goods and services upon which society depends. This novel and comprehensive text presents the principles, theory, methods, and applications of landscape ecology in an engaging and accessible format that is supplemented by numerous examples and case studies from a variety of systems, including freshwater and marine 'scapes'.--Page 4 of cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 573-621) and index.
505 _a1. An introduction to landscape ecology : foundation and core concepts -- 2. Scaling issues in landscape ecology -- 3. Landscape heterogeneity and dynamics -- 4. Landscape pattern analysis -- 5. Landscape connectivity -- 6. Landscape effects on individual movement and dispersal : behavioral landscape ecology -- 7. Landscape effects on population distributions and dynamics -- 8. Landscape effects on population spatial spread : range shifts, biological invasions, and landscape epidemiology -- 9. Landscape genetics : landscape effects on gene flow and population genetic structure -- 10. Landscape effects on community structure and dynamics -- 11. Landscape effects on ecosystem structure and function.
520 _aEssentials of Landscape Ecology investigates the causes and consequences of environmental heterogeneity-the reciprocal effects of pattern and process-ranging from human land use and management considerations to the ecological and evolutionary considerations of biota within landscapes, including aquatic and marine landscapes. In this new, fully up-to-date and comprehensive text, the principles and applications of landscape ecology are presented in an engaging and accessible format. Suitable for upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses in landscape ecology, this textbook could also be used as a supplemental text in courses on forestry, resource and wildlife management, conservation and restoration biology, and land-use planning. For the professional, this book provides a complete reference to the important concepts, methods, and applications of landscape ecology. This book is thus relevant to ecologists, resource management professionals, wildlife and fisheries biologists, conservation biologists, land-use planners, and policy makers who are interested in understanding the consequences of spatial heterogeneity and/or are charged with incorporating landscape ecological principles into their research or management programs.--https://www.researchgate.net
650 _aLandscape assessment
_9125119
650 _aLandscape ecology
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942 _cCIR
999 _c92131
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