Habitat fragmentation and landscape change : an ecological and conservation synthesis /

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Author / Creator:Lindenmayer, David.
Imprint:Washington : Island Press, ©2006.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 328 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11170959
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Other authors / contributors:Fischer, Joern.
ISBN:9781435606371
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9781597266062
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1597260207
9781597260206
1597260215
9781597260213
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-316) and index.
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Summary:Links to other chapters -- Further reading -- Part V: Mitigating the Negative Effects of Landscape Change on Species and Assemblages -- Managing Landscape Pattern to Mitigate the Decline of Species and Assemblages -- Strategy 1: Maintain and/or restore large and structurally complex patches of native vegetation -- Rationale -- Protection -- Restoration -- Strategy 2: Maintain and/or restore a matrix that is structurally similar to native vegetation -- Rationale -- Managing the vertical structure of the matrix -- Managing the spatial pattern of the matrix -- Strategy 3: Maintain and/or restore buffers around sensitive areas -- Rationale -- Examples of buffers -- Large-scale buffer zones -- A semi-formal approach to buffer design -- Strategy 4: Maintain and/or restore corridors and stepping stones -- Rationale -- Corridors -- Stepping stones -- Small patches as valuable complements to large patches.
Other form:Print version: Lindenmayer, David. Habitat fragmentation and landscape change. Washington : Island Press, ©2006