| Main Title |
Landscape ecology / |
| Author |
Forman, Richard T. T.
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Wiley, |
| Year Published |
1986 |
| OCLC Number |
12215646 |
| ISBN |
0471870374; 9780471870371 |
| Subjects |
Landscape ecology ;
Landscape protection ;
Human ecology ;
Landschapsecologie ;
Landschaftseokologie--(DE-588)4034352-2 ;
Architecture du paysage ;
Paysage--Protection ;
Environnement--Protection ;
Amenagement du territoire ;
Ecologie ;
Ecologie du paysage ;
Ecologie humaine ;
Ecosystemes
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJAM WTD |
QH541.F67 1986 |
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Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA |
12/03/1988 |
| ESAM |
QH541.F67 1986 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
06/07/1996 |
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| Collation |
xix, 619 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-587) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Part I. Overview : Landscape and principles : Perceptions of the landscape ; A landscape from an ecological perspective ; Concept areas and principles of landscape ecology ; The emergence of landscape ecology: major literature -- Ecological concepts in brief : The physical environment ; Aquatic environments ; Populations and their regulation ; Evolutionary ecology ; Ecological communities ; Energy and matter in ecosystems -- Part II. Landscape structure : Patches : Patch origins and change ; Patch size ; Patch shape ; Patch number and configuration -- Corridors : Corridors and their origins ; Corridor structure ; Line corridors ; Strip corridors ; Stream corridors -- Matrix and network : Distinguishing a matrix ; Porosity and boundary shape ; Networks ; Matrix heterogeneity -- Appendix: Measures of patch characteristics in a matrix -- Overall structure : microheterogeneity and macroheterogeneity ; Configuration of patches, corridor, and matrix ; Contrast in the landscape ; Grain size of the landscape ; Additional structural considerations -- Appendix: A method of measuring for landscape heterogeneity -- Part III. Landscape dynamics : Natural processes in landscape development : Geormorphology ; Establishment of life forms ; Soil development ; Natural disturbance ; Appendix: Geological time -- The human role in landscape development : Modification of natural rhythms ; Methods or tools used in landscape modification ; A landscape modification gradient -- Flows between adjacent landscape elements : Mechanism underlying linkages ; Airflow and locomotion ; Soil flows ; Interaction between land and stream ; Hedgerow interactions with adjacent landscape elements -- Animal and plant movement across a landscape : Patterns of movement ; Movement of animals ; Movement of plants ; Some species movements in agriculture and pest control -- Landscape functioning : Corridors and flows ; Flows and the matrix ; Networks -- Landscape change : Stability ; Metastability ; Patterns of overall landscape change ; Landscape dynamics ; Linkages among landscapes -- Part IV. Heterogeneity and management : Heterogeneity and typology : Landscape heterogeneity ; Animal response to heterogeneity ; Guidelines for landscape typology ; The inherent hierarchy in nature ; Ascending typology ; Toward a phylogenetic typology -- Landscape management : Where humans grow ; Production in landscapes ; Planning and management of major landscape types ; Landscape quality ; Modelling and landscape management ; Some broader perspectives -- Glossary. |
| Place Published |
New York : |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c1986. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
85012306 |
| Merged OCLC records |
15590594; 775874500; 1167031187; 1191320022; 1201575623; 1201897532 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20050111133746 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
01238cam 2200409 a 45020 |
