Vos / Opdam Landscape Ecology of a Stressed Environment

1993
ISBN: 978-94-011-2318-1
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 310 Seiten, eBook

This series presents studies that have used the paradigm of landscape ecology. Other approaches, both to landscape and landscape ecology are common, but in the last decade landscape ecology has become distinct from its predecessors and its contemporaries. Landscape ecol ogy addresses the relationships among spatial patterns, temporal pat terns and ecological processes. The effect of spatial configurations on ecological processes is fundamental. When human activity is an import ant variable affecting those relationships, landscape ecology includes it. Spatial and temporal scales are as large as needed for comprehension of system processes and the mosaic included may be very heteroge neous. Intellectual utility and applicability of results are valued equally. The International Association for Landscape Ecology sponsors this series of studies in order to introduce and disseminate some of the new knowledge that is being produced by this exciting new environmental science. Gray Merriam Ottawa, Canada Preface In Europe, during the seventies, landscape ecology emerged as a fusion of the spatial approach of geographers and the functional approach of ecologists. The latter focused on ecosystem functioning, regarding eco systems as homogeneous, almost abstract units in space, with input and output of energy and matter to and from the undefined surroundings.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vos, Claire C.

Opdam, Paul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Patterns and processes in a landscape under stress: the study area.- 1 Patterns and processes in a landscape under stress: the study area.- One Spatial Relations by Water Flows.- 2 Nutrient enrichment of freshwater wetlands.- 3 Linking ecological patterns to hydrological conditions on various spatial scales: case study of small stream valleys.- 4 Hydroecological modelling in a polder landscape: a tool for wetland management.- Two Spatial Relations by Air Flows.- 5 Atmospheric nitrogen deposition and its impact on terrestrial ecosystems.- 6 Ditch banks as a conservation focus in intensively exploited peat farmland.- Three Spatial Relations by Moving Organisms.- 7 Population responses to landscape fragmentation.- 8 Metapopulation models for impact assessment of fragmentation.- Four Methods and Concepts of Landscape Planning.- 9 Landscape planning for nature restoration: comparing regional scenarios.- 10 The framework concept and the hydrological landscape structure: a new perspective in the design of multifunctional landscapes.- 11 Nature conservation and extraction of drinking water in coastal dunes: the Meijendel area.- 12 Artificial wetlands: a device for restoring natural wetland values.- 13 Water relations in urban systems: an ecological approach to planning and design.