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Landscape Ecology for Sustainable Environment and Culture

  • Provides a comprehensive view of these current and pressing issues related to the landscapes and their associated ecologies and cultures
  • Reports the viewpoints of internationally distinguished scholars in the field
  • Conclusions are based on rigorous data analysis?
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Concepts and Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Coupling Landscape Patterns and Ecological Processes

      • Bojie Fu, Changhong Su, Yihe Lü
      Pages 3-20
    3. Strengthening Landscape Ecology’s Contribution to a Sustainable Environment

      • Clive A. McAlpine, Leonie M. Seabrook, Tiffany H. Morrison, Jonathan R. Rhodes
      Pages 21-35
    4. Urban Landscape Ecology: Past, Present, and Future

      • Jianguo Wu, Chunyang He, Ganlin Huang, Deyong Yu
      Pages 37-53
  3. Landscape Modeling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
    2. Watershed Scale Physically Based Water Flow, Sediment and Nutrient Dynamic Modeling System

      • Billy E. Johnson, Zhonglong Zhang, Charles W. Downer
      Pages 145-171
    3. Simulation of River Flow for Downstream Water Allocation in the Heihe River Watershed, Northwest China

      • Chansheng He, Lanhui Zhang, Li Fu, Yi Luo, Lanhai Li, Carlo DeMarchi
      Pages 173-186
    4. Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis for Landscape Pattern Characterization

      • Xiaojun Yang, Bojie Fu, Liding Chen
      Pages 205-221
  4. Landscape Planning and Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
    2. The Structure and Dynamics of Agricultural Landscapes as Drivers of Biodiversity

      • Francoise Burel, Stephanie Aviron, Jacques Baudry, Violette Le Féon, Chloe Vasseur
      Pages 285-308
    3. Are We Destroying Our Insurance Policy? The Effects of Alien Invasion and Subsequent Restoration

      • Alanna J. Rebelo, David le Maitre, Karen J. Esler, Richard M. Cowling
      Pages 335-364

About this book

Climate change and the pressures of escalating human demands on the environment have had increasing impacts on landscapes across the world. In this book, world-class scholars discuss current and pressing issues regarding the landscape, landscape ecology, social and economic development, and adaptive management. Topics include the interaction between landscapes and ecological processes, landscape modeling, the application of landscape ecology in understanding cultural landscapes, biodiversity, climate change, landscape services, landscape planning, and adaptive management to provide a comprehensive view that allows readers to form their own opinions.

Professor Bojie Fu is an Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chair of scientific committee at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Professor K. Bruce Jones is the Executive Director for Earth and Ecosystem Sciences Division at Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“This collection of papers stems from a 2011 meeting of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, held in Beijing. The book seems to highlight a tension in the new fields of sustainability and ecological landscape studies, in which a philosophical/cultural/local framework contrasts with technological/macro approaches. … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals.” (S. Hammer, Choice, Vol. 51 (4), December, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Res. Center for Eco-Environmental Sci., Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, People's Republic

    Bojie Fu

  • University of Nevada, Desert Research Institute University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA

    K. Bruce Jones

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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