Title & Author:

Foundation papers in landscape ecology / editors, John A. Wiens [and others].

Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2006.

Description:

xi, 582 pages : illustrations graphs, maps

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
1. The objectives and tasks of geography / L. S. Berg -- 2. The natural geographic landscape and some of its general rules / N. A. Solnetsev -- 3. The concept of land units and land systems / C. S. Christian -- 4. The morphology of landscape / C. O. Sauer -- 5. The geographic landscape and its investigation / C. Troll -- 6. Pattern and process in the plant community / A. S. Watt -- 7. The modification of mid-latitude grasslands and forests by man / J. T. Curtis -- 8. Landscape development, forest fires, and wilderness management / H. E. Wright, Jr. -- 9. Disturbance, patch formation, and community structure / S. A. Levin and R. T. Paine -- 10. Some demographic and genetic consequences of environmental heterogeneity for biological control / R. Levins -- 11. Population responses to patchy environments / J. A. Wiens -- 12. Patch dynamics and the design of nature reserves / S. T. A. Pickett and J. N. Thompson -- 13. Nutrient loss accelerated by clear-cutting of a forest ecosystem / F. H. Bormann, G. E. Likens, D. W. Fisher and R. S. Pierce -- 14. The theoretical foundations of landscape study (die theoretischen Grundlagen der Landschaftslehre) / E. Neef -- 15. Patches and structural components for a landscape ecology / R. T. T. Forman and M. Godron -- 16. Landscape ecology : directions and approaches / P. G. Risser, J. R. Karr and R. T. T. Forman -- 17. Landscape ecology : a hierarchical perspective can help scientists understand spatial patterns / D. L. Urban, R. V. O'Neill and H. H. Shugart, Jr. -- 18. Biocybernetic perspectives of landscape ecology and management / Z. Naveh -- 19. Spatial scaling in ecology / J. A. Wiens -- 20. Ecological neighborhoods : scaling environmental patterns / J. F. Addicott, J. M. Aho, M. F. Antolin, D. K. Padilla, J. S. Richardson and D. A. Soluk -- 21. Transmutations across hierarchical levels / R. V. O'Neill -- 22. Geographical perspectives of space, time, and scale / V. Meentemeyer -- 23. Landscape diversity : the concept applied to Yellowstone Park / W. H. Romme and D. H. Knight -- 24. Historical land use and hydrology : a case from eastern Noord-Brabant / G. B. M. Pedroli and G. J. Borger -- 25. Quaternary landscape ecology : relevant scales in space and time / H. R. Delcourt and P. A. Delcourt -- 26. Spatial pattern and ecological analysis / P. Legendre and M.-J. Fortin -- 27. Fractal dimensions of landscapes and other environmental data / P. A. Burrough -- 28. Spatial characteristics of habitat patches and population survival / L. P. Lefkovitch and L. Fahrig -- 29. Creating landscape patterns by forest cutting : ecological consequences and principles / J. F. Franklin and R. T. T. Forman -- 30. Sources, sinks, and population regulation / H. R. Pulliam -- 31. Modeling coastal landscape dynamics / R. Costanza, F. H. Sklar and M. L. White -- 32. Movements by birds and small mammals between a wood and adjoining farmland habitats / J. F. Wegner and G. Merriam -- 33. Bird numbers across edges between mature conifer forest and clearcuts in Central Sweden / L. Hansson -- 34. Bird communities in small woods in an agricultural landscape : effects of area and isolation / P. Opdam, G. Rijsdijk and F. Hustings -- 35. Nutrient dynamics in an agricultural watershed : observations on the role of a Riparian forest / W. T. Peterjohn and D. L. Correll -- 36. The potential importance of boundaries to fluvial ecosystems / R. J. Naiman, H. Decamps, J. Pastor and C. A. Johnston -- 37. Landscape ecology : the effect of pattern on process / M. G. Turner.

ISBN:

0231126808 (cloth)
9780231126809 (cloth)
0231126816 (pbk.)
9780231126816 (pbk.)

Subject:

Landscape ecology.
Écologie du paysage.

Added entries:

Wiens, John A.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248874
Call No.: BIB 178437
Status: Available