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How Landscapes Change

Human Disturbance and Ecosystem Fragmentation in the Americas

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Editors:
  1. Gay A. Bradshaw

    1. Departments of Forest Science and Electrical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

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  2. Pablo A. Marquet

    1. Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ecología y Biodiversidad & Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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  • Provides an interdisciplinary overview of the major disruptions sustained by ecosystems in the Americas
  • Creates the basis for a common and comprehensive framework for future research and conservation policy formulation
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 162)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • G. A. Bradshaw, P. A. Marquet
      Pages 1-4

  5. Ecosystem Fragmentation: Theory, Methods, and Implications for Conservation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. A Review and Synthesis of Conceptual Frameworks for the Study of Forest Fragmentation

      • G. H. Kattan, C. Murcia
      Pages 183-200

    3. Reflections on Landscape Experiments and Ecological Theory: Tools for the Study of Habitat Fragmentation

      • R. D. Holt, D. M. Debinski
      Pages 201-223

    4. Spatial Autocorrelation, Dispersal and the Maintenance of Source-Sink Populations

      • T. H. Keitt
      Pages 225-238

    5. Patch Dynamics, Habitat Degradation, and Space in Metapopulations

      • P. A. Marquet, J. X. Velasco-Hernández, J. E. Keymer
      Pages 239-254

    6. How Much Functional Redundancy Is Out There, or, Are We Willing to Do Away with Potential Backup Species?

      • F. M. Jaksic
      Pages 255-262

    7. Predicting Distributions of South American Migrant Birds in Fragmented Environments: a Possible Approach Based on Climate

      • L. Joseph
      Pages 263-283
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North and South America share similar human and ecological histories and, increasingly, economic and social linkages. As such, issues of ecosystem functions and disruptions form a common thread among these cultures. This volume synthesizes the perspectives of several disciplines, such as ecology, anthropology, economy, and conservation biology. The chief goal is to gain an understanding of how human and ecological processes interact to affect ecosystem functions and species in the Americas. Throughout the text the emphasis is placed on habitat fragmentation. At the same time, the book provides an overview of current theory, methods, and approaches used in the analysis of ecosystem disruptions and fragmentation.

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"A very useful book for the library." (Bulletin of the British Ecological Society) 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departments of Forest Science and Electrical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

    Gay A. Bradshaw

  • Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ecología y Biodiversidad & Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Pablo A. Marquet

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: How Landscapes Change

  • Book Subtitle: Human Disturbance and Ecosystem Fragmentation in the Americas

  • Editors: Gay A. Bradshaw, Pablo A. Marquet

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05238-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-43697-3Published: 06 December 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07827-9Published: 04 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-05238-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 362

  • Topics: Landscape Ecology, Applied Ecology, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Nature Conservation

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