Issues and Perspectives in Landscape Ecology

A series of essays which address a wide array of past, current, and future issues in landscape ecology.

John A. Wiens (Edited by), Michael R. Moss (Edited by)

9780521537544, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 April 2005

412 pages, 31 b/w illus. 4 colour illus. 5 tables
17.6 x 24.7 x 2 cm, 0.86 kg

'…each essay provides the opportunity to broaden one's academic and personal horizons on a wide array of landscape ecological themes.' Phytocoenologia

Through a series of personal essays, this book addresses a wide array of past, current, and future issues in landscape ecology. The essays have been contributed by leading landscape ecologists from North America, Europe, and Australia, and provide an overview of the rich tapestry of viewpoints and perspectives that make landscape ecology at once a well-defined and yet also a frustratingly diverse discipline. The contributions span a range of topics and approaches, addressing theory as well as practice, science as well as application, conservation as well as utilization, and aquatic as well as terrestrial systems. The volume therefore provides informative and entertaining reading for beginning and advanced students, landscape managers, conservationists, and teachers.

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. Décamps
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.

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Applied ecology [RNC], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]