Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 352 pages
- Published by: Island Press October 16, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1597260215
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1597260213
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Book Dimensions:
9.9 x 8.1 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Review
This new book by Lindenmayer and Fischer provides a holistic clarity that is sorely needed and is a must-read for conservation biologists, landscape ecologists, and other serious students interested in what happens to (mostly wildlife) species in the face of landscape change. (John A. Bissonnette
Ecological Restoration )
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Product Description
Habitat loss and degradation that comes as a result of human activity is the single biggest threat to biodiversity in the world today.
Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change is a groundbreaking work that brings together a wealth of information from a wide range of sources to define the ecological problems caused by landscape change and to highlight the relationships among landscape change, habitat fragmentation, and biodiversity conservation. The book:
- synthesizes a large body of information from the scientific literature
- considers key theoretical principles for looking at and predicting effects
- examines the range of effects that can arise
- explores ways of mitigating impacts
- reviews approaches to studying the problem
- discusses knowledge gaps and future areas for research and management
Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change offers a unique mix of theoretical and practical information, outlining general principles and approaches and illustrating those principles with case studies from around the world. It represents a definitive overview and synthesis on the full range of topics that fall under the widely used but often vaguely defined term "habitat fragmentation."
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