Landscape Ecology: Pattern, Process, Scale, and Hierarchy

Author: Wu Jianguo
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Publish Date: 2000-12-01
Features: This book comprehensively and systematically introduces the basic concepts, theories, research methods, and application prospects of modern landscape ecology. It widely integrates new ideas, theories, and trends in international landscape ecology since the 1980s and provides a more detailed introduction to landscape pattern analysis and modeling methods. The author discusses landscape ecology from two aspects: (1) Landscape ecology is an emerging branch of ecology; (2) Landscape ecology is a new ecological paradigm that emphasizes the interrelationships among pattern, process, scale, and hierarchy. Therefore, the book not only introduces the basic research objects, content, and methods of landscape ecology but also explains how landscape ecology, as a new ecological paradigm or conceptual framework, promotes the development of other disciplines (such as population, community, and ecosystem ecology). This book can serve as a reference for researchers and educators in biological sciences, ecology, environmental science, and earth science, as well as related applied disciplines. It can also be used as a textbook or reference for undergraduate and graduate students.