Description
Book SynopsisEcology of Fragmented Landscapes is critical reading for ecologists, conservation biologists, and students alike.
Trade ReviewThis important and relevant work is well written and very extensively reference. Choice 2009 Its first-person style, relating often to the author's own experiences, is engaging and personable, and yet the book backs a scientific punch too... Its unassuming style and friendly approach belie it powerful insight and interpretation of a vast literature. -- Robert A. Davis Ecological Management and Restoration 2010 Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes is a fascinating, thorough, and positive book, packed with scientific and technical content-an excellent resource for teachers and students of landscape and restoration ecology or for scientifically oriented naturalists. -- Renate Sander-Regier The Canadian Field-Naturalist 2009
Table of ContentsForeword, by Richard T. T. Forman
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Conceptual Frameworks
3. Fragment Size and Isolation
4. Experimenting with Fragmentation
5. Fragment Context and Edge Effects
6. Animal and Plant Movement
7. Species Interactions
8. Parasites, Pathogens, and Disease Emergence
9. Modeling
10. Restoration
11. Ecological Planning
12. Some Final Thoughts
Literature Cited
Index
