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ENV510 Landscape Ecology and GIS
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Needed | Landscape
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to see | Natural?
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Think!
What comes to mind when someone mentions 'landscape'?Do this - Identify a landscape - Why?
These three pictures demonstrate different resolutions of imagery for the Milton Ulladulla area of New South Wales. Which do you think is a 'landscape'?
Satellite Image | Aerial Photo | Scenic Photo
One scientific definition of a landscape is 'a heterogeneous land area composed of a cluster of interacting ecosystems that is repeated in a similar form throughout' (Forman and Godron, 1986).
Other definitions include:
Think!
How do these
definitions relate to your original ideas? Which one is better than the
others, or, is there a better one you can offer?
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