Applying landscape ecology in biological conservation
By: Kevin J. Gutzwiller, editor ; with a foreword by Richard T.T. Forman.
Contributors: Gutzwiller, Kevin J.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
Subjects: Landscape ecology; Nature conservation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Central concepts and issues of landscape ecology -- John A. Wiens; title: Central concepts and issues of biological conservation -- Richard L. Knight, Peter B. Landres; title: Broad-scale ecological science and its application -- Barry R. Noon, Virginia H. Dale; title: Spatial factors affecting organism occurrence, movement, and conservation : introduction to Secton II -- Kevin J. Gutzwiller; title: Patch-, landscape-, and regional-scale effects on biota -- Kathryn Freemark, Daniel Bert, Marc-André Villard; title: Corridors and species dispersal -- Claire C. Vos, Hans Baveco, Carla J. Grashof-Bokdam; title: Using percolation theory to assess landscape connectivity and effects of habitat fragmentation -- Kimberly A. With; title: Landscape connections and genetic diversity -- Hugh B. Britten, Richard J. Baker; title: Habitat networks and biological conservation -- Richard J. Hobbs; title: Landscape invasibility by exotic species -- John L. Vankat, D. Graham Roy; title: Conservation in human-altered landscapes : introduction to Section III -- Kevin J. Gutzwiller; title: Human conversion of terrestrial habitats -- Peter August, Louis Iverson, Jarunee Nugranad; title: Impacts of landscape transformation by roads -- Laurie W. Carr, Lenore Fahrig, Shealagh E. Pope; title: Landscape pattern, timber extraction, and biological conservation -- Eric J. Gustafson, Nancy Diaz; title: Animal behavior in fragmented landscapes -- Richard H. Yahner and Carolyn G. Mahan; title: Effects of landscape change on the physical and chemical components of aquatic ecosystems -- Carolyn T. Hunsaker, Robert M. Hughes; title: Effects of landscape change on aquatic biodiversity and biointegrity -- Robert M. Hughes, Carolyn T. Hunsaker; title: Time lags in metapopulation responses to landscape change -- Kees (C.J.) Nagelkerke, Jana Verboom, Frank Van Den Bosch, Karen Van De Wolfshaar; title: Using broad-scale ecological information in conservation planning : introduction to Section IV -- Kevin J. Gutzwiller; title: Landscape and regional planning for conservation : issues and practicalities -- Robert J. Lambeck, Richard J. Hobbs; title: Assessing the conservation potential of habitat networks -- Paul Opdam; title: Use of metapopulation models in conservation planning -- David R. Breininger, Mark A. Burgman, H. Resit Akcakaya, Michael A. O'Connell; title: Prescribing habitat layouts : analysis of optimal placement for landscape planning -- Curtis H. Flather, Michael Bevers, John Hof; title: Aquatic conservation planning : using landscape maps to predict ecological reference conditions for specific waters -- Paul W. Seelbach, Michael J. Wiley, Patricia A. Soranno, Mary T. Bremigan; title: Applying landscape ecology in biological conservation : principles, constraints, and prospects-- Kevin J. Gutzwiller.