Principles and Methods in Landscape Ecology

✍ Scribed by Almo Farina (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 242
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents landscape ecology as an integrative and transdisciplinary science with a definitive problem-solving orientation toward land use planning and management. Special reference is made to the conservation, restoration and sustainable development of cultural landscapes. This invaluable textbook is presented in a clear and non-technical style with practical examples and ample illustrations.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction to landscape ecology....Pages 1-21
Theories and models incorporated into the landscape ecology framework....Pages 23-34
Scaling patterns and processes across landscapes....Pages 35-49
Emerging processes in the landscape....Pages 51-84
Emerging patterns in the landscape....Pages 85-111
Principles of landscape dynamics....Pages 113-128
Principles of landscape conservation, management and design....Pages 129-152
Methods in landscape ecology....Pages 153-217
Back Matter....Pages 219-235

✦ Subjects

Ecology; Civil Engineering; Nature Conservation