Suggested additional resources
Listed below, by the type of resource and then the topic/theme, are suggested additional resources for this unit. This list is a guide only, which is meant to assist you in finding additional information on particular topics or themes of interest.
Useful books that can be found in CDU Library
1. Concepts - Landscape ecology
- *Forman, R.T.T. and Godron, M. (1986). Landscape ecology. John Wiley and Sons, Canada.
- *Forman, R.T. (1995). Land mosaics: the ecology of landscape and regions. Cambridge University Press.
- Naveh, Z and Lieberman, A.S (1984). Landscape Ecology: Theory and Application. Springer Verlag, NY.
- Bissonette, J.A. (ed) (1997). Wildlife and Landscape Ecology: Effects of Pattern and scale. Springer-Verlag, NY Inc.
- Finlayson, C.M. and von Oertzen I. (eds) (1996). Landscape and Vegetation Ecology of the Kakadu Region, Northern Australia. Kluwer Academic Publishers. The Netherlands.
- Ludwig J. et al. (eds) (1997). Landscape Ecology: Function and Management. Principles from Australia's Rangelands. CSIRO, Australia.
2 Technical - GIS and RS
- DeMers, M. (1997). Fundamentals of GIS. John Wiley and Sons Inc.
- Burrough, P. and McDonnell, R. (1997). Principles of GIS. Oxford Uni Press
- Campbell, J.B. (1996). Introduction to Remote Sensing. Taylor and Francis.
- Avery, T.E. and Berlin, G.L. (1992). Fundamentals of Remote Sensing and Air photo Interpretation. Macmillan. Canada.
3 Applications
- Frohn, R.C. (1998). Remote Sensing for Landscape Ecology. Lewis publishers, Florida, USA.
- Johnston, C.A. (1998). Geographic Information Systems in Ecology. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.
- Grimson Lyon, J.and McCarthy, J. (1995). Wetlands and Environmental Applications of GIS. CRC Press.
*One copy of each of these books should be available on short term loan in the CDU Library which can be used by Darwin students.
Useful web sites
This is a list of some useful web sites which can provide supplementary information to this unit.
Principles of Landscape ecology
- What is Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology?
http://ice.ucdavis.edu/~robyn/eleaoe.html#whatisit
brief description of what landscape ecology is
Metapopulations
Dispersal
and mortality in a heterogeneous landscape matrix
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/conf/SANTA_FE_CD-ROM/sf_papers/gustafson_eric/ncgia_ht.html
looks at metapopulations and how patchiness in the landscape effects dispersal
and mortality
Island biogeography
- Island Biogeography
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/birdsite/
Describes biogeography, the theory of island biogeography and the species/area equation
Corridors
- Wildlife corridors shown effective
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-09/
ncsu-wcs091702.php
Scale
- Scale Considerations for Ecosystem Management
http://www.fs.fed.us/eco/st16.htm
discusses the importance of determining appropriate scales for successful ecosystem management, looks at spatial and temporal scales
Quantifying landscape structure
- Early papers from Journal of Landscape Ecology
http://www.landscape-ecology.org/landscape_ecology_journal.html
GIS
- An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
(GIS)
http://shiva.uoregon.edu/LA415/Lecture1.html
basic introduction to what GIS is, its strengths and weakness and why people use it
- NCGIA Core Curriculum
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/courses/klink/gis.notes/ncgia/toc.html
course content ideas presented by the NCGIA as part of the core curriculum
covers main GIS concepts
Remote sensing
- Remote sensing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_sensing
encyclopedia article on what is remote sensing
- National Wetlands Inventory
http://nwi.fws.gov/
Rangeland management using GIS and RS
- CSIRO - Remote sensing of Central Australian
Desert
CD ROM - F:\home\DESHOME.HTM
CD ROM presentation of how CSIRO are using remote sensing and GIS in the management of the central Australian desert. Available in the grin library.
- Using remote sensing to manage North Dakota's rangelands
http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/streeter/98report/mips.htm
Landscape ecology and GIS
- Modeling
Land-Cover Change From Measures of Spatial Landscape Structure
Miles G. Logsdon
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/conf/SANTA_FE_CD-ROM/sf_papers/logsdon_miles/my_paper.html
Paper describing the use of GIS and measures of landscape structure to investigate land cover change in Northern Brazil.
- The Land-Use Change Analysis System (LUCAS)
for Evaluating Landscape Management Decisions
Michael W. Berry, Richard O. Flamm, Brett C. Hazen - Rhonda L. MacIntyre
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~lucas/publications/ieee/ieee.html
Paper illustrating the importance of including socio-economic factors in a spatially explicit landscape change model.
- National Gap analysis Program - A Geographic
Approach to Planning for Biological Diversity
http://gapanalysis.nbii.gov/portal/community/GAP_Analysis_Program
/Communities/GAP_Home/
Discussion of the gap analysis program in the US - land cover mapping program across the US using GIS to identify gaps in the reserve system
- Detecting Critical Scales in Fragmented Landscapes
Timothy H. Keitt1, 2 Dean L. Urban3 Bruce T. Milne1
http://www.consecol.org/Journal/vol1/iss1/art4/inline.html#author
Paper discussing the development of a method to quantify habitat connectivity at multiple scales to assign conservation status to patches based on their connectivity. Looks at landscape pattern as scale dependant.
- Landis
http://www.landis-ii.org/
Discussion of the LANDIS model which simulates forest landscape change over long periods of time. Has an ArcView interface.
- Linking GIS with Models for Endangered Species
http://www.ramas.com/santafe.htm
paper linking discussing the a model which links GIS to models for viability analysis and risk assessment to endangered species - integrating landscape data and assessing human impacts on wildlife.
More general information
- A Multi-Scale Study of the Spread of Alien
Species into the Native Forests of Windward East Maui
http://ice.ucdavis.edu/~robyn/plan.html
Discussion of Phd project outline to look at spread of alien species in forests Hawaii using a landscape and systems ecology approach