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ENV510 Landscape Ecology and GIS
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Structure
& pattern | Function
& process | Change
& dynamics | Management
implications
Processes
| Elements | Transformation
| Fragmentation | Ecosystem
| Other
The
three main processes are:
In this
topic we are concerned mainly with ecological processes. The spatial patterning
of landscape elements is thought to affect ecological (Addicott
et al., 1987) and other landscape processes.
If
we can relate pattern to process, the study of landscape patterning and how
species respond to it, becomes a very important aspect of environmental management.
Imbalance in landscape functioning is caused by disturbance of natural processes:
see the topic Change and dynamics.
Read
Lavers and Haines-Young 'Equilibrium landscapes and their aftermath: spatial heterogeneity and the role of the new technology.
More?
Kareiva and Wennergren 'Connecting landscape patterns to ecosystem and population processes'
For an overview of Landscape Ecological Concepts you could read Reading 1.8 Land Mosaics: The ecology of landscapes and regions by Forman, Part 1.Do this - Linking changes in function to changes in structure - Why?
From what you have learned in this topic, list the changes in landscape functioning that can be attributed to structural changes.
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