Background to landscape ecology
Background to landscape ecology covers some of the distinctions between ecology and landscape ecology as well as how the study of landscape ecology has developed. This section answers the following six questions:
Where did landscape ecology come from?
What is
landscape ecology?
What are the
main principles of landscape ecology?
What makes
LANDSCAPE ecology different?
What are the
main approaches of landscape ecology?
Where do landscape
ecologists come from?
The field of landscape ecology focuses on five major factors
- Spatial heterogeneity and pattern
- How to characterise spatial pattern
- Where it comes from
- Why it matters
- How it changes over time
These factors will be addressed in more detail through the topics in this theme.
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You might like to check out the following web article for an overview of ' What is landscape ecology?' |
