Landscape Ecology. Concepts, Methods and Applications
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Author(s): F. Burel and J. Baudry
Publisher: Science Publishers
ISBN: 1578082145
Format: hardback
362pp
Price: $49.00
Review Date: 03 July 2003
Review: The term ‘landscape ecology’ was introduced in 1939, linking ecology and geography, i.e. linking spatial structures, which are the object of geography, to ecological processes. This allows the analysis and study of human activities in an environmental perspective. This book explains the methods of spatially explicit analyses from an ecological perspective, and discusses the factors of landscape dynamics that have ecological implications. Burel & Baudry explain the theoretical and empirical bases of relationships between spatial structures of landscapes and processes, such as population dynamics, species assemblages and biochemical processes. Examples of the application of landscape ecology concepts in various countries are given.