Gergel / Turner Learning Landscape Ecology

A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-387-21613-3
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 316 Seiten

Reihe: Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

Landscape ecology continues to grow as an exciting, dynamic ecological d- cipline. With its broadscale emphasis and multidisciplinary approach, la- scape ecology lends itself both to basic research and to applications in land management, land-use planning, wildlife management, ecosystem mana- ment, and conservation biology. Landscape ecology makes a unique cont- bution to the scientific community in its attention to ecological dynamics across a broad range of spatial and temporal scales, and as a result it has - come increasingly important for students in the natural sciences to gain a - sic understanding of the subject. Colleges and universities across the United States are incorporating courses in landscape ecology into their curricula. However, nearly every book on landscape ecology is a book to be read, la- ing a hands-on approach. This text is intended to fill that void by providing a comprehensive collection of landscape ecology laboratory exercises. These teaching exercises stress the fundamental concepts of landscape ec- ogy, rather than highly specialized, technical methods. While students will gain experience using a variety of tools commonly used in landscape ecology, we stress the conceptual understanding necessary to use these techniques app- priately. This book attempts to convey the myriad approaches used by la- scape ecologists (as well as a multitude of approaches to teaching) and include group discussion, thought problems, fieldwork, data analysis, spatial data c- lection, exposure to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), simulation m- eling, analysis of landscape metrics, spatial statistics, and written exercises.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gergel, Sarah E.

Turner, Monica G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

and Concepts of Scale.- Scale and Hierarchy Theory.- Collecting Spatial Data at Broad Scales.- to Geographic Information Systems (GIS).- Models and Causes of Landscape Pattern.- to Markov Models.- Simulating Changes in Landscape Pattern.- Creating Landscape Pattern.- Quantifying Landscape Pattern.- Understanding Landscape Metrics I.- Understanding Landscape Metrics II.- Neutral Landscape Models.- Scale Detection Using Semivariograms and Autocorrelograms.- Disturbance Dynamics.- Landscape Disturbance.- Alternative Stable States.- Organism Response to Landscape Pattern.- Interpreting Landscape Patterns from Organism-Based Perspectives.- Landscape Context.- Landscape Connectivity and Metapopulation Dynamics.- Individual-Based Modeling.- Ecosystem Processes at Broad Scales.- Feedbacks between Organisms and Ecosystem Processes.- Modeling Ecosystem Processes.- Applied Landscape Ecology.- Reserve Design.- Prioritizing Reserves for Acquisition.