Format:
Online-Ressource (XI, 161p, digital)
ISBN:
9789048131389
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The State of Art of Landscape Ecology: 20 Years of Paradigms and Methods""; "" Introduction""; "" From the Ecosystem Concept to the Landscape: Historical and Scientific Motives""; "" Brief History of Landscape Ecology""; "" A New Model Links Landscape Ecology to Ecosystem Ecology""; "" Emerging Properties of the Landscape""; "" Ecological Theories and Models Incorporated into the Landscape Ecology Paradigm""; "" Concluding Remarks""; "" Suggested Reading""; ""References""; ""2 Toward the Essence of the Landscape: An Epistemological Perspective""
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"" Introduction"""" The Necessity of Defining a New Science of the Landscape""; "" The Landscape Domain""; "" Three Phenomenological Domains of Landscape""; "" Complexity and Domains""; "" Is the Landscape a Unit or a System?""; ""Assessing the Characteristics of the Landscape: Ecosystem Versus Landscape ""; "" The Landscape as a Matrix""; "" Space and Landscape""; "" Memory and Landscape""; "" New Perspectives""; "" Suggested Reading""; ""References""; ""3 Toward a Theory of the Mosaic""; "" Introduction""; "" Ecological Complexity and Mosaics""; "" Definition of Mosaic""
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"" Heterogeneity and Mosaic"""" Heterogeneity versus Mosaic and Disorder versus Order""; "" Rules Governing Structure and Dynamics of the Ecological Mosaics""; "" What Processes Create Mosaics?""; "" The Matrix as the Container of the Ecological Complexity""; "" The Mosaic as a Level of the Ecological Matrix""; "" Advantages of Living in a Mosaic-Like System""; "" Energy and Information Across a Mosaic""; "" Developing the Mosaic Theory from a Plant Perspective""; "" Discontinuities""; "" Complexity of the Ecological Mosaics""; "" The Maintenance of Patchiness Inside a Mosaic""
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"" Self-Organizing of Mosaics and the Fifth Dimension"""" Connectivity Inside the Mosaic""; "" Suggested Reading""; ""References""; ""4 Properties of Ecological Mosaics""; "" Introduction""; "" Hierarchical Organization of Ecological Mosaics""; "" Scaling Properties of Mosaics""; "" Agents of Temporal Changes of the Mosaic Structures""; "" Grazing by Large Herbivores""; "" Windthrow Disturbance and Mosaic""; "" Fires and Mosaics""; "" Patch Dynamics and Animal Responses""; "" Resilience and Other Properties of Ecological Mosaics""
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"" Temporal Characters of Ecological Mosaics (Ephemeral, Seasonal, Multiyear)"""" Patterned and Process Mosaics""; "" Scaling the Mosaics by Species""; "" Human Mosaicing""; "" Mosaic Forecasting""; "" Suggested Reading""; ""References""; ""5 Ontogenesis and Changes of the Landscape: A Probabilistic View""; "" Introduction""; "" The Functional Circle of the Landscape""; "" The Composition of the Landscape""; "" The Probabilistic Model""; "" Landscape Changes""; "" The Dual Nature of Complex Systems""; "" The Nature of the Changes""; "" The Human Perception of Changes""
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"" Changes and Dynamics""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789048131372
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Farina, Almo Ecology, cognition and landscape Dordrecht : Springer, 2010 ISBN 9789048131372
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
Keywords:
Landschaftsökologie
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Anthropogener Einfluss
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1007/978-90-481-3138-9
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