Essentials of Landscape Ecology

Human activity during the Anthropocene has transformed landscapes worldwide on a scale that rivals or exceeds even the largest of natural forces. Landscape ecology has emerged as a science to investigate the interactions between natural and anthropogenic landscapes and ecological processes across a wide range of scales and systems: from the effects of habitat or resource distributions on the individual movements, gene flow, and population dynamics of plants and animals; to the human alteration of landscapes affecting the structure of biological communities and the functioning of entire ecosystems; to the sustainable management of natural resources and the ecosystem goods and services upon which society depends. This novel and comprehensive text presents the principles, theory, methods, and applications of landscape ecology in an engaging and accessible format that is supplemented by numerous examples and case studies from a variety of systems, including freshwater and marine "scapes".

Author: Kimberly A. With
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/01/2019
Pages: 656
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 4.00lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.60w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780198838395
ISBN10: 0198838395
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences | Ecology
- Science | Life Sciences | Biology

About the Author

Kimberly A. With, Professor, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, USA

Kimberly A. With is a Professor in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University. She is a two-time recipient of the award for Outstanding Paper in Landscape Ecology and has been recognized as a Distinguished Landscape Ecologist, the most prestigious honour bestowed by the U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE), for her contributions to the field.