Title:
Wildlife and landscape ecology : effects of pattern and scale / John A. Bissonette, editor.
Main Entry:
Bissonette, John A.
Wildlife Society. Meeting 1995 : Portland, Or.) (2nd :
Publisher:
Springer,
Publication Date:
1997.
Publication Place:
New York :
ISBN:
0387947892 (acid free paper)
Subject:
Wildlife management -- Congresses.
Landscape ecology -- Congresses.
Contents:
Section one. Underlying concepts. Scale-sensitive ecological properties: historical context, current meaning / John A. Bissonette ; Applications of fractal geometry in wildlife biology / Bruce T. Mime ; Taming chaos in the wild: a model-free technique for wildlife population control / David Peak ; Patch dynamics: the transformation of landscape structure and function / S.T.A. Pickett and Kevin H. Rogers / Disturbance and diversity in a landscape context / Peter S. White and Jonathan Harrod ; Populations in a landscape context: sources, sinks, and metapopulations / Mark E. Ritchie ; Hierarchy theory: a guide to system structure for wildlife biologists / Anthony W. King -- Section 2. Landscape metrics. Neutral models: useful tools for understanding landscape patterns / S.M. Pearson and R.H. Gardner ; Understanding measures of landscape pattern / C.D. Hargis, John A. Bissonette, and J.L. David -- Section three. Applications and large-scale management. The role of moose in landscape process: effects of biogeography, population dynamics, and predation / R.T. Bowyer, V. Van Ballenberghe, and J.G. Kie ; A spatial view of population dynamics / Jerry L. Cooke ; The importance of scale in habitat conservation for an endangered species: The Capercaillie in Central Europe / Ilse Storch ; Landscape heterogeneity and ungulate dynamics: what spatial scales are inportant? / Monica G. Turner, S.M. Pearson, W.H. Romme, and L.L. Wallace ; The influence of landscape scale on the management of desert bighorn sheep / Paul R. Krausman ; The influence of spatial scale and scale-sensitive properties in habitat selection by American Marten / John A. Bissonette, D.J. Harrison, C.P. Hargis, and T.G. Chapin ; Adaptive policy design: thinking at larger spatial scales / Carl J. Walters.
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