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Summary: A good place to start
Review: "Wildlife and Landscape Ecology" is a good reference for wildlife professionals and graduate students interested in large-scale questions. The book features 16 essays organized into 3 sections: Underlying Concepts, Landscape Metrics, and Application and Large-scale Management.With so many new books on landscape ecology, it's becoming difficult to tell them apart. I have found the following chapters especially useful: Bruce Milne's "Applications of Fractal Geometry in Wildlife Biology," Pickett and Rogers' "Patch Dynamics: The Transformation of Landscape Structure and Function," White and Harrod's "Disturbance and Diversity in a Landscape Context," and Pearson and Gardner's "Neutral Models: Useful Tools for Understanding Landscape Patterns." While all authors but one are North American, the concepts discussed and examples provided are widely applicable.
Rating:
Summary: A good place to start
Review: "Wildlife and Landscape Ecology" is a good reference for wildlife professionals and graduate students interested in large-scale questions. The book features 16 essays organized into 3 sections: Underlying Concepts, Landscape Metrics, and Application and Large-scale Management. With so many new books on landscape ecology, it's becoming difficult to tell them apart. I have found the following chapters especially useful: Bruce Milne's "Applications of Fractal Geometry in Wildlife Biology," Pickett and Rogers' "Patch Dynamics: The Transformation of Landscape Structure and Function," White and Harrod's "Disturbance and Diversity in a Landscape Context," and Pearson and Gardner's "Neutral Models: Useful Tools for Understanding Landscape Patterns." While all authors but one are North American, the concepts discussed and examples provided are widely applicable.
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