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Applying Landscape Ecology in Biological Conservation by John A. Wiens (auth.), Kevin J. Gutzwiller (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Landscape ecology and conservation biology are rapidly developing disciplines, and a current synthesis of principles and applications in these two fields is needed under one cover. Many managers are not applying principles of landscape ecology in efforts to conserve biota, yet the loss of biological diversity could be reduced if broad-scale processes and patterns were consistently considered in management and conservation decisions. Bringing together insights from leaders in landscape ecology and conservation biology, this book explains how our knowledge about landscape ecology can help us understand, manage and maintain biodiversity. Beyond explaining pertinent concepts of landscape ecology and biological conservation and describing examples of their use in management, research and planning, this book also distills principles for applying landscape ecology in conservation, identifies gaps in current knowledge and provides research approaches to fill those voids. The book is divided into five parts: the first part introduces the book and discusses what landscape ecology is and why it is important to biological conservation. The second deals with multiple scales, connectivity and or

Who reads Applying Landscape Ecology in Biological Conservation?

Author

John A. Wiens (auth.), Kevin J. Gutzwiller (eds.)

Publisher

Springer-Verlag New York

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781461300595

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Engineering, Management, Nature

Updated

2026-03-24