Changing Landscapes: An Ecological Perspective

Baudry, J.; Zonneveld, Izaak S.; Burel, F.; Forman, Richard T.T.; Forman, R.T.T.; Franklin, J.F.; Fuentes, E.R.; Haber, W.; Harms, W.B.; Merriam, G.; Miklos, L.; Odum, E.P.; Opdam, P.; Risser, P.G.; Ruzicka, M.; Schreiber, K.-F.; Sedell, J.R.; Swanson, F.J.; Turner, M.G.; Woodmannsee, R.G.; Zonneveld, I.S.

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.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2011-09-27

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781461279594

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-3304-6

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 286