Large-Scale Landscape Experiments - Lessons From Tumut

Informationen zum Autor David B. Lindenmayer is Professor of Conservation Science and Ecology in the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University, Canberra. Klappentext An overview of relationships between landscape change, habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation, using key lessons from the Tumut Fragmentation Study. Zusammenfassung Using the Tumut Fragmentation Study! and other relevant research! David Lindenmayer provides an overview of the relationships between landscape change! habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation. Drawing on key lessons throughout! he highlights how important new insights can be generated from integrating demographic! genetic and modelling research. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Tumut Fragmentation Study and landscape change; 2. The theory; 3. The field laboratory; 4. Setting up the study; 5. The core findings; 6. Patch use; 7. Theory against data; 8. Testing PVA models with real data; 9. Genes in the landscape; 10. Refining and extending the research program; 11. Recommendations for plantation managers; 12. Lessons on running large-scale research studies.

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• Authors: David B. Lindenmayer, David B. (Australian National Univers Lindenmayer, David. B Lindenmayer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521707787
• ISBN: 978-0-521-70778-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Ecology, Biodiversity and Cons
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology