Landscape Ecology and Resource Management: Linking Theory With Practice

Landscape Ecology and Resource Management: Linking Theory With Practice

Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Landscape Ecology and Resource Management bridges the gap between the science of landscape ecology and on-the-ground land and resource management, relating the theory and empirical research within landscape ecology to the practical needs of resource managers. It offers both a conceptual foundation of applicable and operational theory and case-study examples that address ways in which political, economic, and social factors influence the use of landscape ecology and other data-based science around the world.Contributors focus on links between theory and practice, between small-scale and large-scale, and between humans and nature. Specific linkages examined include:landscape patterns and biological realitytop-down effects and organismsthe indicator species concept and conservation effortsthe concept of fitness landscapes and the behavior and distribution of animalsbody mass patterns and wildlife conservationChapters feature examples of interactions between people and landscapes in boreal, central, and Mediterranean Europe; northern Australia; and Eastern Africa; along with case studies from central Europe, North America, and South America that show how theory and application can be linked in a variety of situations with varying management constraints.Landscape Ecology and Resource Management is the first book of its kind to focus on the linkages between the theory of landscape ecology and the practice of resource management, and will play an important role both in advancing landscape ecology as a science and in incorporating its ideas into management efforts.

Landscape Ecology And Resource Management: Linking Theory With Practice,John A. Bissonette,Ilse Storch,Island Press,1559639733,Conservation of natural resour,Conservation of natural resources,Ecology,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Environmental Science,Landscape ecology,Life Sciences - Ecology,Natural Resources,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Science,Applied ecology,Management of land & natural resources,Nature / Natural Resources

Discount Books:

1. Living in the Hothouse : How Global Warming Affects Australia
2. Losing It All to Sprawl: How Progress Ate My Cracker Landscape (Florida History and Culture)
3. Magpies and Mayflies: An Introduction to Plants and Animals of Central Valley and Sierra Foothills
4. Managing Major Fires
5. Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods: Uniting Science and Participation
6. Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves : A History of American Environmental Policy
7. Metals in Groundwater
8. Mindful Conservatism: Re-thinking the Ideological and Educational Basis of an Ecologically Sustainable Future : Re-thinking the Ideological and Educational Basis of an Ecologically Sustainable Future
9. Minnesota's State Parks
10. Natural Connections: Perspectives in Community-Based Conservation

Discount Books

Recommended Books

1. The American Eagle in Art and Design
2. Business By The Book : Complete Guide of Biblical Principles for the Workplace
3. The Nashville Number System
4. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beating Debt
5. The Oxford Book of Legal Anecdotes
6. The HLA FactsBook
7. The Diversity of Fishes
8. Theodore Dreiser : Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerhardt, Twelve Men
9. The Witch's Daughter
10. The Irish Heritage Cookbook : Classic dishes from the Emerald Isle: the history, traditions and ingr
11. The Knitted Rug : 21 Fantastic Designs
12. The Shy Child : Overcoming and Preventing Shyness from Infancy to Adulthood
13. The Southern Dream of a Caribbean Empire, 1854-1861: With a New Preface
14. The Tiger and the Pangolin: Nature, Culture, and Conservation in China
15. The Complete Guide to Living And Working in Spain