Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change: An Ecological and Conservation Synthesis

Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change: An Ecological and Conservation Synthesis
ISBN-10
159726606X
ISBN-13
9781597266062
Category
Nature
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2013-02-22
Publisher
Island Press
Authors
David B. Lindenmayer, Joern Fischer

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 examining 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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