Principles and Methods in Landscape Ecology

Towards a Science of Landscape

Almo Farina - Collection Landscape Series

412 pages, parution le 14/09/2006

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Résumé

Principles and methods of landscape ecology are intensively used to model and to manage disturbed landscapes and menaced pristine areas as well. Students and professionals can find a new version of Principles and Methods in Landscape Ecology firstly published in 1998 by Chapman & Hall (London).

Landscape ecology is an integrative and multi-disciplinary science and Principles and Methods in Landscape Ecology reconciles the geological, botanical, zoological and human perspectives. In particular new paradigms and theories like percolation, metapopulation, hierarchies, source-sink models, have been integrated, in this last edition, with the recent theories on bio-complexity, information and cognitive sciences.

Methods for studying landscape ecology are covered including spatial geometry models and remote sensing in order to create confidence toward techniques and approaches that require a high experience and long-time dedication.

Principles and Methods in Landscape Ecology is a textbook useful to present the landscape in a multi-vision perspective for undergraduate and graduate students of biology, ecology, geography, forestry, agronomy, landscape architecture and planning. Sociology, economics, history, archaeology, anthropology, ecological psychology are some sciences that can benefit of the holistic vision offered by this texbook.

A relevant goal of this second edition is to increase confidence in the new generations of students and practitioners for considering the ecological systems as the result of the integration between ecosystemic (non spatial) and landscape (spatial) patterns and processes.

L'auteur - Almo Farina

Almo Farina is Professor of Ecology at the Urbino University, Faculty of Environmental Sciences (Urbino, Italy).

Sommaire

Foreword by the series editors
Preface to the 2^nd edition
Preface
Foreword
Introduction to landscape ecology
Theories and models incorporated in the landscape ecology framework
Scaling patterns and processes across landscapes
Emerging processes in the landscape
Emerging patterns in the landscape
Principles of landscape dynamics
Principles for landscape conservation, management and design
Methods in landscape ecology
Glossary and acronyms
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Almo Farina
Collection	Landscape Series
Parution	14/09/2006
Nb. de pages	412
Format	16 x 25
Couverture	Relié
Poids	876g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781402033278
ISBN13	978-1-4020-3327-8