Land Mosaics - The Ecology of Landscapes and Regions

Klappentext An analysis and synthesis of the ecology of heterogeneous land areas. Zusammenfassung This book provides an analysis and synthesis of the ecology of heterogeneous land areas. Professor Forman covers spatial patterns! movement across landscape mosaics! changing land patterns and practical applications of landscape ecology. A readable and richly illustrated book for researcher and student alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I. LANDSCAPES AND REGIONS: 1. Foundations; PART Ii. PATCHES: 2. Patch size and number; 3. Boundaries and edges; 4. Patch shape; Part III. CORRIDORS: 5. Corridor attributes, roads and powerlines; 6. Windbreaks, hedges and woodland corridors; 7. Stream and river corridors; 8. Networks and the matrix; Part IV. Mosaics and Flows: 9. Configurations and mosaics; 10. Wind and water flows in mosaics; 11. Species movements in mosaics; Part V. Changing Mosaics: 12. Land transformation and fragmentation; 13. Land planning and management; 14. Creating sustainable environments.

Product details

• Authors: Richard T. T. Forman, Richard T. T. (Harvard University Forman, Forman Richard T. T.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.11.1995
• EAN: 9780521479806
• ISBN: 978-0-521-47980-6
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 247 mm x 33 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)