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ENV510 Landscape Ecology and GIS
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Spatial Processes
The formation of structure in the landscape is a dynamic, complex and evolutionary process (Perez-Trejo, 1993).
This means
that the pattern visible in the landscape is a response to the integration of
physical, biological and disturbance factors over long periods of time. Pattern
is a result of the interrelation of these different processes at different spatial
and temporal scales.
The elements that define any given landscape will therefore be representative of a particular snapshot in time.
Do this - Contrasting structural changes - Why?
List the structural changes taking place in Kellerberrin and New England landscapes. What differences can you identify?
Do you think they can be quantified in the same way?
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