Textbook with a synthetic treatment of contemporary landscape ecology, geared toward ecologists and graduate students. Places an emphasis on the interaction between spatial pattern and ecological process.
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"Having a thorough textbook that explains the principles and techniques of landscape ecology is an important resource. … This book takes a North American approach at an introductory level, filling a void in the landscape ecology literature. … The discussion questions and recommended readings at the end of each chapter guide teaching and learning. … The text is a real boon to professors and students. … The book is a thorough treatment of the current activities of landscape ecology, and I recommend it highly." (Nancy E. McIntyre, Ecology, 83 (1), 2002)
"An ecologist’s viewpoint on the theories and uses of a burgeoning multidisciplinary subject is proffered. … It is an informative, comprehensive, up-to-date and generally well-written account which will be of considerable use to its target readership of advanced undergraduate, postgraduate and professional ecologists." (Robert Jones, Geography, October, 2002)
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By "gscumming" (Gainesville, Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice: Pattern and Process (Paperback)
I use this book as the recommended text for both undergraduate and graduate courses in landscape ecology. It has a useful synthesis of recent trends in the field and particularly good chapters on scale, landscape metrics and disturbance. The accompanying CD has jpeg versions of most of the figures, which is handy for preparing lectures, although the quality of some of the digital images from CD (especially graphs and line charts) isn't so great. The literature review is thorough without being overwhelming, so it's a good entry point into the professional literature in most areas of landscape ecology. My main criticism is that the writing style is somewhat dense; I didn't find it easy to read from cover to cover. People looking for a cursory introduction to the field may do better to start with an alternative text. As a teaching and reference text for landscape ecology, however, I think this book is the best available.
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A Must-Have for Anyone into Landscape Ecology or GIS,
By Brian M. Napoletano (East Lansing, MI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice: Pattern and Process (Paperback)
If the credentials of the authors didn't convince of the quality of this book, I'm not sure I can. I will say that I have read and re-read the book several times, and that it's a vital resource in our laboratory. From the various issues of scaling to what analyses do what, this book is an excellent resource of theories and technologies involved in Landscape Ecology.
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The book to have,
This review is from: Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice: Pattern and Process (Paperback)
This is the excellent book on Landscape Ecology. Instead of being an edited collection of research articles, this volume's chapters follow logically and treat the material comphrensively, while giving references at every turn to researchers books or articles. Monica, whose research publications are extensive, writes this introductory book well.
The images in this book are, however, in black and white. There is an accompanying CD of color plates, but they are no bigger then those in the text and are fairly useless. I was hoping she would have some data for her book's examples and perhaps even a whole project we might use in one of the current software tools. Still this can't take away from the fact that this is the book I've been searching for. But a very "first" primer in this subject is a chapter written by Monica - "What is Landscape Ecology" for an 1998 Oxford "Ecology" text. You can download this for free. See item 76 of the publications page on Monica website ([...]).
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LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY OFFERS NEW CONCEPTS, theory, and methods that are revealing the importance of spatial patterning on the dynamics of interacting ecosystems. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
simple random maps, neutral landscape models, landscape pattern analysis, landscape metrics, abiotic template, same cover type, fractal maps, landscape ecological studies, landscape ecology, regional risk assessment, landscape equilibrium, landscape ecologists, susceptible habitat, habitat connectivity, ecological neighborhoods, landscape heterogeneity, infrequent disturbances, landscape analyses, remote imagery, landscape data, landscape position, landscape patterns, ecological modeling, disturbance size, fractal landscapes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North America, Yellowstone National Park, New York, Quantifying Landscape Pattern, Pacific Northwest, New England, The Critical Concept of Scale, Rocky Mountains, Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Front Range of Colorado, North Carolina, Ecological Applications, Great Plains, Lake Mendota, Quantitative Methods, The Netherlands, Tionesta Scenic Area New!
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LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY OFFERS NEW CONCEPTS, theory, and methods that are revealing the importance of spatial patterning on the dynamics of interacting ecosystems. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
simple random maps, neutral landscape models, landscape pattern analysis, landscape metrics, abiotic template, same cover type, fractal maps, landscape ecological studies, landscape ecology, regional risk assessment, landscape equilibrium, landscape ecologists, susceptible habitat, habitat connectivity, ecological neighborhoods, landscape heterogeneity, infrequent disturbances, landscape analyses, remote imagery, landscape data, landscape position, landscape patterns, ecological modeling, disturbance size, fractal landscapes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North America, Yellowstone National Park, New York, Quantifying Landscape Pattern, Pacific Northwest, New England, The Critical Concept of Scale, Rocky Mountains, Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Front Range of Colorado, North Carolina, Ecological Applications, Great Plains, Lake Mendota, Quantitative Methods, The Netherlands, Tionesta Scenic Area New!
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- Changing Landscapes: An Ecological Perspective by Izaak S. Zonneveld on 5 pages
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