Landscape ecology in action/
by Almo Farina ; foreword by Frank Golley
- Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.
- xii,317 p. : ill., maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents : Foreword F.B. Golley-- Part I Principles, Theory, and Methods-- 1.1 The Birth of Landscape Ecology: An Important Heritage-- 1.2 Towards an Unified Thgeory-- 1.3 Definition of Landscape-- 1.4 The Dimension of Landscape-- 1.5 Landscape Typologies and Functions-- 1.6 Emerging Properties of Landscape-- 1.7 Ecological Concepts Incorporated into the Landscape Paradigm-- 1.8 Processes in Landscape-- Part II Landscape Evaluation-- 2.1 Exploring Evaluation Procedures-- 2.2 Landscape Evaluation and Scale-- 2.3 Concepts and Procedures of Landscape Evaluation-- 2.4 Tools for Evaluating the Structure and Functions and Land Mosaics-- Part III Management and Conservation of Landscapes-- 3.1 Some Concepts in Management and Conservation-- 3.2 Landscape Approach to Management and Conservation: Exploring New Dimensions-- 3.3 Large Scale Landscape Management-- 3.4 Multiple Scale Investigation and Management-- 3.5 Constraints in Managing-- 3.6 Types of Management-- 3.7 Managing Patterns-- 3.8 Managing Processes-- 3.9 Managing Functional Areas-- 3.10 Conserving the Landscape-- 3.11 Perspectives in Management and Conservation-- Acting in landscape ecology : concluding remarks.