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ENV510 Landscape Ecology and GIS
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& process | Change
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Processes
| Elements
| Transformation | Size
| Shape | Position
| Fragmentation | Ecosystem
The impacts
of physical and biogeographic change on the landscape
are structural modifications to the size, shape and position in the landscape
of individual remnant patches of habitat, which will have implications for the
species and communities within these patches.
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out what happens when we change the:
Consequences
for native species
The
consequences of land transformation for native species within remnants vary
with:
Since the process of removal or land clearance is often itself quite disjointed, remnants of native vegetation can vary considerably across the landscape. They are found in patches in different locations, on different soil types, each remnant patch can be made up of different vegetation types, and they can vary in size, shape, isolation and ownership.
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