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Landscape Ecology: Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecological Systems
Science, 1995Many ecological phenomena are sensitive to spatial heterogeneity and fluxes within spatial mosaics. Landscape ecology, which concerns spatial dynamics (including fluxes of organisms, materials, and energy) and the ways in which fluxes are controlled within heterogeneous matrices, has provided new ways to explore aspects of spatial heterogeneity and to ...
S T, Pickett, M L, Cadenasso
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Landscape Heterogeneity and Disturbance
Ecology, 1989Section 1 Introduction.- 1. Landscape Ecology: State of the Art.- 2. Scale Effects in Landscape Studies.- Section 2 Disturbances in the Landscape.- 3. Landscape Ecology and Air Pollution.- 4. Parasites, Lightning, and the Vegetation Mosaic in Wilderness Landscapes.- 5.
Norman L. Christensen +1 more
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Heterogeneous landscapes promote population stability
Ecology Letters, 2010Ecology Letters(2010) 13: 473–484AbstractHabitat heterogeneity is often suggested as being important for the stability of populations, and promoted as a means to aid the conservation of species, but the evidence for such an assumption is poor. Here we show that heterogeneous landscapes that contain a variety of suitable habitat types are associated ...
Oliver, Tom +4 more
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Infectious Disease Dynamics in Heterogeneous Landscapes
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 2016Infectious diseases dynamics are affected by both spatial and temporal heterogeneity in their environments. Our ability to quantify and predict how this heterogeneity impacts risks of infection and disease emergence is the key to successful disease prevention efforts.
Steven R. Parratt +2 more
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Functional landscape heterogeneity and animal biodiversity in agricultural landscapes
Ecology Letters, 2010Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 101–112AbstractBiodiversity in agricultural landscapes can be increased with conversion of some production lands into ‘more‐natural’– unmanaged or extensively managed – lands. However, it remains unknown to what extent biodiversity can be enhanced by altering landscape pattern without reducing agricultural production.
Fahrig, Lenore +8 more
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Informational Analysis of Forest Landscape Spatial Heterogeneity
Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 1999Summary Under the perspective of forest ecosystem management, landscape is interpreted as a functioning structure. From an inventory and monitoring operational point of view, such an approach implies wise use of geographic information systems and remote sensing techniques enabling a global view of the territorial mosaic.
RICOTTA, Carlo, CORONA P., MARCHETTI M.
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Landscape heterogeneity—a quantitative criterion for landscape reconstruction
Landscape and Urban Planning, 2002Abstract The North Bohemian brown coal basin is located near to the frontier between the Czech Republic and Germany. It is a part of wider region known as the Black Triangle. Open-cast coal mining has caused total destruction of original ecosystems, as well as changes of relief and also land-use changes in the surrounding areas. Specialists call this
Petr Sklenička, Tomáš Lhota
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Ecosystem Processes in Heterogeneous Landscapes
2015Understanding the patterns, causes, and consequences of spatial heterogeneity for ecosystem function remains a research frontier in both landscape and ecosystem ecology (Lovett et al. 2005; Chapin et al. 2012). The term, ecosystem, was introduced by Tansley (1935) to describe the characteristic and persistent interactions of organisms (plants, animals,
Monica G. Turner, Robert H. Gardner
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Landscape Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Dynamics
2011Landscape heterogeneity determines the regional consequences of processes occurring in individual ecosystems. In this chapter, we describe the major causes and consequences of landscape heterogeneity.
F. Stuart Chapin +2 more
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