Integrating Landscape Ecology into Natural Resource Management (Cambridge Studies in Landscape Ecology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521780152 ISBN 13: 9780521780155

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

To achieve sustainable resource management, it is essential to obtain insightful guidance from emerging disciplines such as landscape ecology. This text addresses the links between landscape ecology and natural resource management, discussing these links in the context of various landscape types, diverse sets of resources, and broad ranges of management issues. A large number of landscape ecology concepts, principles, and methods are introduced. Critical reviews of past management practices and a number of case studies are presented. The text provides many guidelines for managing natural resources from a landscape perspective and offers useful suggestions for landscape ecologists to carry out research relevant to natural resource management.

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About the Authors

Jianguo Liu is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University where he teaches and researches in the areas of landscape ecology and biodiversity conservation.

William W. Taylor is Chairperson and Professor of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521780152
• ISBN 13: 9780521780155
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 500
• Editor: Liu Jianguo, Taylor William W.