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Changing Landscapes: An Ecological Perspective

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Isaak S. Zonneveld

    1. Department of Land Resource Surveys and Rural Development, International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands
      V.P.O. Department, Agricultural University Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  2. Richard T. T. Forman

    1. Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Evolving Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Scope and Concepts of Landscape Ecology as an Emerging Science

      • Isaak S. Zonneveld
      Pages 3-20

    3. The History of Landscape Ecology in Europe

      • Karl-Friedrich Schreiber
      Pages 21-33

    4. The Beginnings of Landscape Ecology in America

      • Richard T. T. Forman
      Pages 35-41

  3. Energy, Nutrient, and Species Fluxes in a Mosaic

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-44
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    2. Landscape Pattern and Its Effects on Energy and Nutrient Distribution

      • Paul G. Risser
      Pages 45-56

    3. Biogeochemical Cycles and Ecological Hierarchies

      • R. G. Woodmansee
      Pages 57-71

    4. Woods as Habitat Patches for Birds: Application in Landscape Planning in the Netherlands

      • W. Bert Harms, Paul Opdam
      Pages 73-97

    5. Hedgerow Network Patterns and Processes in France

      • Françoise Burel, Jacques Baudry
      Pages 99-120

    6. Ecological Processes in the Time and Space of Farmland Mosaics

      • Gray Merriam
      Pages 121-133

  4. Natural and Human Processes Interacting to Cause Landscape Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-136
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    2. The Georgia Landscape: A Changing Resource

      • Eugene P. Odum, Monica G. Turner
      Pages 135-164

    3. Landscape Change in Mediterranean-Type Habitats of Chile: Patterns and Processes

      • Eduardo R. Fuentes
      Pages 165-190

    4. Landscape Patterns, Disturbance, and Management in the Pacific Northwest, USA

      • Frederick J. Swanson, Jerry F. Franklin, James R. Sedell
      Pages 191-213

  5. Planning and Management of Landscapes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-216
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    2. Using Landscape Ecology in Planning and Management

      • Wolfgang Haber
      Pages 217-232

    3. Basic Premises and Methods in Landscape Ecological Planning and Optimization

      • Milan Ruzicka, Ladislav Miklos
      Pages 233-260

    4. Ecologically Sustainable Landscapes: The Role of Spatial Configuration

      • Richard T. T. Forman
      Pages 261-278

    5. Concluding Remarks

      • Isaak S. Zonneveld, Richard T. T. Forman
      Pages 279-280
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About this book

Landscape Ecology is an emerging science of gaining momentum over the past few decades in the scientific as well as in the planning-management worlds. Although the field is rooted in biology and geography, the approaches to understanding the ecology of a landscape are highly divers. This hybrid vigor provides power to the field. One can no longer view a local ecosystem or land use in isolation from global areas and time frames. The surrounding landscape mosaic and the flows and movements in a landscape must be considered, especially the linkage between humans requiring resources provided by nature, the constraints on their use as well as the responding landscape.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Land Resource Surveys and Rural Development, International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands

    Isaak S. Zonneveld

  • V.P.O. Department, Agricultural University Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Isaak S. Zonneveld

  • Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Richard T. T. Forman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Changing Landscapes: An Ecological Perspective

  • Editors: Isaak S. Zonneveld, Richard T. T. Forman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3304-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7959-4Published: 27 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-3304-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 286

  • Topics: Ecology, Agriculture, Forestry, Geography, general

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