Changing Landscapes: An Ecological Perspective
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 vigo...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1990, 1990
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1990 |
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | 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 |
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Physical Description: | XIII, 286 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9781461233046 |