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

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
Subject:
Fragmented landscapes -- Environmental aspects.
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
143560637X
9781597266062
159726606X
1597260207
9781597260206
1597260215
9781597260213
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-316) and index.
Print version record.
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
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Introduction
  • Ch. 2 How landscapes change
  • Ch. 3 How landscape change affects organisms : a conceptual framework
  • Ch. 4 Habitat loss
  • Ch. 5 Habitat degradation
  • Ch. 6 Habitat subdivision and habitat isolation
  • Ch. 7 Changes in the behavior, biology, and interactions of species
  • Ch. 8 Synthesis : threatening processes for species in modified landscapes
  • Ch. 9 Land cover change and patch sizes
  • Ch. 10 Deterioration of vegetation and the physical environment
  • Ch. 11 Edge effects
  • Ch. 12 Landscape connectivity
  • Ch. 13 Nestedness and community assembly
  • Ch. 14 matrix and landscape heterogeneity
  • Ch. 15 Synthesis : cascading effects of landscape change
  • Ch. 16 Field-based approaches to studying species and assemblages in modified landscapes
  • Ch. 17 Desktop approaches to studying species and assemblages in modified landscapes
  • Ch. 18 Managing landscape pattern to mitigate the decline of species and assemblages
  • Ch. 19 Managing individual species and ecological processes to mitigate the decline of species and assemblages
  • Ch. 20 Guiding principles for mitigating the decline of species and assemblages of species.

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