Landscape Ecology
99th Edition
Published on 27. January 1986
Book
Paperback/Softback
644 pages
978-0-471-87037-1 (ISBN)
Description
This important new work--the first of its kind--focuses on the distribution patterns of landscape elements or ecosystems; the flows of animals, plants, energy, mineral nutrients and water; and the ecological changes in the landscape over time.
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Product info
49:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam
Edition
99. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1034 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-87037-1 (9780471870371)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Richard Townsend Turner Forman is a landscape ecologist. He is a professor at the Graduate School of Design and Harvard College in the Harvard University. Michel Godron is the author of Landscape Ecology, published by Wiley.
Content
OVERVIEW The Landscape and Major Principles. Ecological Concepts in Brief. LANSCAPE STRUCTURE Patches. Corridors. Matrix and Network. Overall Structure. LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS Natural Processes in Landscape Development. The Human Role in Landscape Development. Flows Between Adjacent Landscape Elements. Animal and Plant Movement Across a Landscape. Landscape Functioning. Landscape Change. HETEROGENEITY AND MANAGEMENT Heterogeneity and Typology. Landscape Management. Index.