Landscape Ecology presents an original approach to the ecology of agricultural landscapes by linking human and ecological functioning.

Features:

• Details the concept of landscape ecology
• Includes the dynamics and the structures of landscapes
• Covers studies relating to ecological processes within landscapes and the applications of landscape ecology to landscape management

Contents

Definition of a Discipline

• Emergence of Landscape Ecology in the History of Ecology
• Recognition of Heterogeneity in Ecological Systems
• Taking Human Activities into Account in Ecological Systems
• Explicit Accounting for Space and Time
• Landscape Ecology is based on Scientific Theories Linked to Ecology and Related Disciplines

Landscpe Ecology: Definition of a Multidisciplinary Approach

• Landscape as Understood by the Ecologist
• Landscape Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Approach
• Landscape Ecology: Application of Results of Fundamental Research to Conservation Biology and Land Management

Analysis of Spatial Structures

• Categories of Landscape Elements
• From Sample Plots in a Wood to Woods in a Landscape
• Typology of Patches and Corridors
• Basic Concepts for Quantitative
• Approaches
• Measurement of Heterogeneity
• Fragmentation
• Connectedness
• Return to Scale Dependence: Contribution of Fractal Geometry
• Elements of Geostatistics
• Typologies of Landscape Structures

Dynamics of Landscapes

• Questions on Organization and Dynamics of Landscapes Stemming from Observation
• Changes in Land use on the Global Scale
• Regional Approaches to Changes in Land Use: Variations Depending on Modes of Measurement
• Local Approaches to Changes in Land Cover: Importance of Spatialization
• Dynamics of Valley Landscapes: The Water Course and its Corridors
• Dynamics of Non-Anthropogenic Landscapes
• Land cover and Evolving Landscapes, a General Phenomenon

Organization of Landscapes

• Categories of Models
• The Concept of Organization
• Ecological Organization of Landscapes
• From Farming Systems to Landscape Diversity
• General Approach of Dynamics and Organization of Agrarian Landscapes
• Landscape Dynamics and (Re) Organization: Multi-scale and Multidisciplinary Approach

The Functioning of Populations at the Landscape Level

• Patch Theory and Functioning of Metapopulations
• Multi-habitat Species o Movement in Landscapes
• Landscape Dynamics and the Functioning of Populations
• Population Models used in Landscape Ecology

Interspecific Relationships and Biodiversity in Landscapes

• Interspecific Relationships
• Biodiversity

Geochemical Flows in Landscapes

• Buffer Zones
• Erosive Phenomena and Landscape Structure
• Transfers in Watersheds

Application of Landscape Ecology Concepts to Landscape Management and Design

• Corridor Concept Applied to Development
• Considering Landscape Ecology Concepts in Establishing Transportation Infrastructures
• The Development of Rural Landscapes

Index

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