Landscape Ecological Analysis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Issues and Challenges in Landscape Ecology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Landscape Ecology: Does the Science Only Need to Change at the Margin?

      • Paul G. Risser

      Pages 3-10

   3. Clark Kent or Superman: Where Is the Phone Booth for Landscape Ecology?

      • Richard J. Hobbs

      Pages 11-23

   4. Cross-Boundary Issues to Manage for Healthy Forest Ecosystems

      • Ann M. Bartuska

      Pages 24-34

   5. Horizontal Processes, Roads, Suburbs, Societal Objectives, and Landscape Ecology

      • Richard T. T. Forman

      Pages 35-53

3. Modeling Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. A Knowledge System Environment for Ecosystem Management

      • Robert N. Coulson, Hannu Saarenmaa, Walter C. Daugherity, E. J. Rykiel Jr., Michael C. Saunders, Jeffrey W. Fitzgerald

      Pages 57-79

   3. A Multiscale Ecological Model for Allocation of Training Activities on U.S. Army Installations

      • W. Michael Childress, Terry Mclendon, David L. Price

      Pages 80-108

   4. Harvest: A Timber Harvest Allocation Model for Simulating Management Alternatives

      • Eric J. Gustafson

      Pages 109-124

4. Planning Strategies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. A Hierarchical Framework for Conserving Biodiversity

      • Denis White, Eric M. Preston, Kathryn E. Freemark, A. Ross Kiester

      Pages 127-153

   3. Conserving Biological Diversity with Scarce Resources

      • Stephen Polasky, Andrew R. Solow

      Pages 154-174

   4. Spatial Concepts, Planning Strategies, and Future Scenarios: A Framework Method for Integrating Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning

      • Jack Ahern

      Pages 175-201

5. Concepts, Methodological Implications, and Numerical Techniques

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203

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   2. Concepts of Scale in Landscape Ecology

      • Mark Andrew Withers, Vernon Meentemeyer

      Pages 205-252

   3. Spatial Statistics in Landscape Ecology

      • Marie-Josée Fortin

      Pages 253-279

   4. RULE: Map Generation and a Spatial Analysis Program

      • Robert H. Gardner

      Pages 280-303

   5. ClaraT: Instructional Software for Fractal Pattern Generation and Analysis

      • Bruce T. Milne, Alan R. Johnson, Steven Matyk

      Pages 304-332

6. The Teaching of Landscape Ecology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 333-333

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Studies in landscape ecology focus on the effect of heterogeneity on ecosystem structure and function. Vigorous growth in the field has included the development of methods and results that can be applied to an impressive range of environmental issues. The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a current perspective on this rapidly developing science. This book features contributions by internationally renowned experts in the field that address a broad spectrum of political, theoretical and applied aspects of the subject. Chapters describe a number of methods and models that are used at landscape and regional scales within the context of ecosystem management, to assess changes in biodiversity, and to evaluate sustainable landscape planning for cultural as well as natural settings. Also included are instructional models to assist in teaching.

• biodiversity
• biological
• development
• ecology
• ecosystem
• environment
• forest
• landscape ecology
• modeling
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

  Jeffrey M. Klopatek

• Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland, Frostburg, USA

  Robert H. Gardner

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