Book Reviews
[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. |