Book Reviews
[Austral Ecology] [Quarterly Review of Biology] [Landscape Ecology] [Landscape and Urban Planning]
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Jianguo Wu and Richard Hobbs (Eds) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Copyright 2007 |
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Landscape ecology is the
science and art of studying and influencing the
relationship between spatial pattern and ecological
processes across different spatiotemporal scales and
levels of biological organization. This book
presents a collective view of what the prevailing
perspectives and key research topics are, and how
they may coalesce to form an interdisciplinary
scientific core. Leading landscape ecologists
provide in-depth reviews and syntheses of a series
of key issues, including adequacy of landscape data,
spatial pattern analysis, heterogeneity and
ecosystem processes, metapopulations, scaling,
landscape pattern optimization, land use change, and
landscape conservation, management, planning, and
design. The book covers the fundamental
theoretical and methodological issues as well as
innovative applications of landscape ecology,
reflecting the state-of-the-science of landscape
ecology. It should be of interest to a wide
audience, including academic professionals and
practitioners in ecology, environmental science, and
landscape planning and design. |