Essentials of Landscape Ecology
Human 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".
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Essentials of Landscape Ecology
Human 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".
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Essentials of Landscape Ecology

Essentials of Landscape Ecology

by Kimberly A. With
Essentials of Landscape Ecology

Essentials of Landscape Ecology

by Kimberly A. With

Overview

Human 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".

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198838395
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 09/01/2019
Pages: 656
Product dimensions: 10.80(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Kimberly A. With, Professor, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, USA

Kimberly A. With is a Professor in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University. She is a two-time recipient of the award for Outstanding Paper in Landscape Ecology and has been recognized as a Distinguished Landscape Ecologist, the most prestigious honour bestowed by the U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE), for her contributions to the field.

Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to Landscape Ecology: Foundation and Core Concepts2. Scaling Issues in Landscape Ecology3. Landscape Heterogeneity and Dynamics4. Landscape Pattern Analysis5. Landscape Connectivity6. Landscape Effects on Individual Movement and Dispersal: Behavioral Landscape Ecology7. Landscape Effects on Population Distributions and Dynamics8. Landscape Effects on Population Spatial Spread: Range Shifts, Biological Invasions, and Landscape Epidemiology9. Landscape Genetics: Landscape Effects on Gene Flow and Population Genetic Structure10. Landscape Effects on Community Structure and Dynamics11. Landscape Effects on Ecosystem Structure and Function
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