04165nam a22005775i 4500 978-3-031-72251-6 DE-He213 20251030114556.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241201s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031722516 978-3-031-72251-6 10.1007/978-3-031-72251-6 doi QH541.15.L35 PSAF bicssc SCI020000 bisacsh PSAF thema Urban, Dean L. author. (orcid)0000-0003-3472-582X https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3472-582X aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 88376 Landscape Ecology [electronic resource] : A Task-Oriented Perspective / by Dean L Urban. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XXI, 313 p. 110 illus., 107 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1 Sampling Designs for Landscapes -- 2 Species Distribution Modeling -- 3 Landscape scale Ecological Data -- 4 Ordination -- 5 Classification -- 6 Inferences on Spatial Data -- 7 Structural Equation Models -- 8 Site Prioritization -- 9 Landscape Change -- 10 Ecological Assessment. This is methods/tools textbook that covers the fundamental tasks in research and management at the landscape scale. It brings together tools from a range of disciplines and presents them in a natural workflow that a practitioner can appreciate. Alternative texts cover a narrower range of topics and/or present the information without reference to a natural workflow. The book begins with 2 fundamental applications that introduce the scope and challenges of working at the landscape scales (sampling design and species distribution modeling). These motivate several chapters that ‘digress’ to cover the primary tools that ecologists use to work with multivariate and spatial data. The book then returns to applications including site prioritization, interpreting (and forecasting) landscape change, and integrated assessment. The tasks themselves follow a logical workflow of collecting and analyzing data, applying the analyses to management decisions, and interpreting the outcomes of these decisions in an integrated framework. This book stems from two graduate-level courses in Landscape Ecology taught at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. The subject has evolved over time, from a concepts-based overview of what landscape ecology is, to a more applied practicum on how one does landscape ecology. As landscape ecology has matured as a discipline, its perspectives on spatial heterogeneity and scale have begun to permeate into a wide range of other fields including conservation biology, ecosystem management, and ecological restoration. Thus, this textbook will bring students from diverse backgrounds to a common level of understanding and will prepare them with the practical knowledge for a career in conservation and ecosystem management. Landscape ecology. Environment. 65893 Environmental education. 71158 Conservation biology. Ecology . 68629 Environmental monitoring. Landscape Ecology. Environmental Sciences. 61155 Environmental and Sustainability Education. 71159 Conservation Biology. Environmental Monitoring. SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031722509 Printed edition: 9783031722523 Printed edition: 9783031722530 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72251-6 ZDB-2-SBL ZDB-2-SXB 65381 65381