Foundation Papers in Landscape Ecology

John Wiens, Michael Moss (Professor, University of Guelph), Monica Turner (Professor, University of Wisconsin) , David Mladenoff (Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

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Columbia University Press
07 November 2006

Economic geography; Management of land & natural resources

Landscape ecology focuses on spatial heterogeneity, or the idea that where things are and where they are in relation to other things can have important consequences for a wide range of phenomena. Landscape ecology integrates humans with natural ecosystems and brings a spatial perspective to such fields as natural resource management, conservation, and urban planning. The thirty-seven papers included in this volume present the origins and development of landscape ecology and encompass a variety of perspectives, approaches, and geographies. The editors begin with articles that illuminate the discipline's diverse scientific foundations, such as L. S. Berg's keystone paper outlining a geoecological analysis based on soil science, physical geography, and geology. Next they include selections exemplifying landscape ecologists' growing awareness of spatial pattern, the different ways they incorporated scale into their work, the progression of landscape ecology from a qualitative to a quantitative discipline, and how concepts from landscape ecology have come to permeate ecological research and influence land-use policy, conservation practices, landscape architecture, and geography. Together these articles provide a solid introduction to what is now widely recognized as an important area of research and application that encourages new ways of thinking about natural and human-dominated ecosystems

Edited by: John Wiens, Michael Moss (Professor, University of Guelph), Monica Turner (Professor, University of Wisconsin), David Mladenoff (Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 1.362kg
ISBN: 9780231126809
ISBN 10: 0231126808
Pages: 608
Publication Date: 07 November 2006
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John A. Wiens is chief scientist at The Nature Conservancy and past president of the International Association for Landscape Ecology. Michael R. Moss is director of the Canadian Centre for Environmental Education at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia and past secretary general of the International Association for Landscape Ecology. Monica G. Turner is the Eugene P. Odum Professor of Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and past president of the U.S. chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology. David J. Mladenoff is the Beers-Bascom Professor of Conservation and professor of forest ecology and management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and former editor of Landscape Ecology.

Reviews for Foundation Papers in Landscape Ecology

""A valuable resource... [and] welcome addition to the literature in landscape ecology."" -- William Z. Lidicjer Jr., Ecology ""An excellent collection of foundation papers... suitable as a textbook or reference book."" -- Northeastern Naturalist