Changing Landscapes: An Ecological Perspective

✍ Scribed by Isaak S. Zonneveld (auth.), Isaak S. Zonneveld, Richard T. T. Forman (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 291
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Landscape Ecology is an emerging science of gaining momentum over the past few decades in the scientific as well as in the planning-management worlds. Although the field is rooted in biology and geography, the approaches to understanding the ecology of a landscape are highly divers. This hybrid vigor provides power to the field. One can no longer view a local ecosystem or land use in isolation from global areas and time frames. The surrounding landscape mosaic and the flows and movements in a landscape must be considered, especially the linkage between humans requiring resources provided by nature, the constraints on their use as well as the responding landscape.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Scope and Concepts of Landscape Ecology as an Emerging Science....Pages 3-20
The History of Landscape Ecology in Europe....Pages 21-33
The Beginnings of Landscape Ecology in America....Pages 35-41
Front Matter....Pages 43-44
Landscape Pattern and Its Effects on Energy and Nutrient Distribution....Pages 45-56
Biogeochemical Cycles and Ecological Hierarchies....Pages 57-71
Woods as Habitat Patches for Birds: Application in Landscape Planning in the Netherlands....Pages 73-97
Hedgerow Network Patterns and Processes in France....Pages 99-120
Ecological Processes in the Time and Space of Farmland Mosaics....Pages 121-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-136
The Georgia Landscape: A Changing Resource....Pages 135-164
Landscape Change in Mediterranean-Type Habitats of Chile: Patterns and Processes....Pages 165-190
Landscape Patterns, Disturbance, and Management in the Pacific Northwest, USA....Pages 191-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-216
Using Landscape Ecology in Planning and Management....Pages 217-232
Basic Premises and Methods in Landscape Ecological Planning and Optimization....Pages 233-260
Ecologically Sustainable Landscapes: The Role of Spatial Configuration....Pages 261-278
Concluding Remarks....Pages 279-280
Back Matter....Pages 281-286

✦ Subjects

Ecology; Agriculture; Forestry; Geography (general)