Issues And Perspectives In Landscape Ecology (Hardcover)

Preface; Part I. Introductory Perspectives: 1. When is a landscape perspective important? L. Fahrig; 2. Incorporating geographical (biophysical) principles in studies of landscape systems J. Solon; Part II. Theory, Experiments, and Models in Landscape Ecology: 3. Theory in landscape ecology R. V. O'Neill; 4. Hierarchy theory and the landscape ... level? Or, words do matter A. W. King; 5. Equilibrium versus non-equilibrium landscapes H. H. Shugart; 6. Disturbances and landscapes: the little things count J. A. Ludwig; 7. Scale and an organism-centric focus for studying interspecific interactions in landscapes R. MacNally; 8. The role of experiments in landscape ecology R. A. Ims; 9. Spatial modeling in landscape ecology J. Verboom and W. Wamelink; 10. the promise of landscape modeling: successes, failures, and evolution D. J. Mladenoff; Part III. Landscape Patterns: 11. Landscape pattern: context and processes R. Haines-Young; 12. The gradient concept of landscape structure K. McGarigal and S. A. Cushman; 13. Perspectives on the use of land-cover data for ecological investigations T. R. Lovelend, A. L. Gallant and J. E. Vogelmann; Part IV. Landscape Dynamics on Multiple Scales: 14. Landscape sensitivity and timescales of landscape change M. F. Thomas; 15. The time dimension in landscape ecology: cultural soils and spatial pattern in early landscapes D. A. Davidson and I. A. Simpson; 16. The legacy of landscape history: the role of paleoecological analysis H. R. Delcourt and P. A. Delcourt; 17. Landscape ecology and global change R. P. Neilson; Part V. Applications of Landscape Ecology: 18. Landscape ecology as the broker between information supply and management application, with special reference to ecological land classification for water management F. Klijn; 19. Farmlands and farming for nature K. Freemark; 20. Landscape ecology and forest management T. Crow; 21. Landscape ecology and wildlife management J. Rolstad; 22 Restoration ecology and landscape ecology R. J. Hobbs; 23. Conservation planning at the landscape scale C. Margules; 24. Landscape conservation: a new paradigm for the conservation of biodiversity K. A. With; 25. The 'why' and 'so what' of riverine landscapes H. Decamps; Part VI. Cultural Perspectives and Landscape Planning: 26. The nature of lowland rivers: a search for river identity B. Pedroli: 27. Using cultural knowledge to make new landscape patterns J. Iverson Nassauer; 28. The critical divide: landscape policy and its implementation N. Pollock-Ellwand; 29. Landscape ecology: principles of cognition and the political-economic dimension J. Ot'ahel'; 30. Integration of landscape ecology and landscape architecture: an evolutionary and reciprocal process J. Ahern; 31. Landscape ecology in land-use planning R. Jongman; Part VII. Retrospect and Prospect: 32. The land unit as a black box: a Pandora's Box? I. S. Zonneveld; 33. Towards a transdisciplinary landscape science Z. Naveh; 34. Toward fostering recognition of landscape ecology M. R. Moss; 35. Toward a unified landscape ecology J. A. Wiens; Index.