Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques - Softcover

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9781493963720: Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1493963724 ISBN 13: 9781493963720
Publisher: Springer, 2017

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About the Author

Sarah E. Gergel 
Associate Professor of Landscape Ecology & Conservation 
Assistant Dean, Diversity & Inclusion 
Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences 
University of British Columbia 
Vancouver, BC 
Canada

Monica G. Turner 
Eugene P. Odum Professor of Ecology and Vilas Research Professor 
Department of Zoology 
University of Wisconsin-Madison 
Madison, WI 
USA

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This title meets a great demand for training in spatial analysis tools accessible to a wide audience. Landscape ecology continues to grow as an exciting discipline with much to offer for solving pressing and emerging problems in environmental science. Much of the strength of landscape ecology lies in its ability to address challenges over large areas, over spatial and temporal scales at which decision-making often occurs. As the world tackles issues related to sustainability and global change, the need for this broad perspective has only increased. Furthermore, spatial data and spatial analysis (core methods in landscape ecology) are critical for analyzing land-cover changes world-wide. While spatial dynamics have long been fundamental to terrestrial conservation strategies, land management and reserve design, mapping and spatial themes are increasingly recognized as important for ecosystem management in aquatic, coastal and marine systems. 

This second edition is purposefully more applied and international in its examples, approaches, perspectives and contributors. It includes new advances in quantifying landscape structure and connectivity (such as graph theory), as well as labs that incorporate the latest scientific understanding of ecosystem services, resilience, social-ecological landscapes, and even seascapes. Of course, as before, the exercises emphasize easy-to-use, widely available software. 

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1493963724
ISBN 13 
9781493963720
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
368
Editor
Gergel Sarah E., Turner Monica G.
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