Temporal Dimensions of Landscape Ecology
Wildlife Responses to Variable Resources
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Beschreibung
Over the past twenty-five years, the effects of the spatial distribution and scaling of resources on animal populations have been increasingly studied in wildlife biology, landscape ecology, conservation biology, and related fields. However, spatial patterns change over time. In Temporal Dimensions of Landscape Ecology: Wildlife Responses to Variable Resources, the authors discuss the effects that temporal changes in resources have on animal populations. Resource availability and quality are not distributed homogeneously over time, depending for example on predictable changes in seasons, mating and birthing cycles, unpredictable resource pulses and weather-related phenomena, ecological disturbances, and historical legacies. The book addresses the idea of current as well as historical temporal influences on resource availability, quality, and distribution. The authors draw attention to neglected temporal issues so important to understanding species and community responses. This book will interest wildlife and conservation students and practitioners working with temporal and spatial scale issues.
Examines the temporal dynamics of resource abundance and quality Explores the effect of pulsed resources on wildlife populations Complements spatial approaches to landscape ecology International contributions enable worldwide application of the theories
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John A. Bissonette
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Bissonette Conservation biology Storch behavior conservation ecology ecosystem environment landscape ecology phenology population response resource discontinuity spatial scale temporal dynamics wildlife
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"Temporal Dimensions of Landscape Ecology: Wildlife Responses to Variable Resources … focuses on the temporal aspect of landscape ecology in relation to wildlife populations. … The book is divided into three sections: relevant temporal theory, statistics of time, and temporally focused case studies. … provide the basis for a conceptual framework for addressing both spatial and temporal variation in landscape ecology. In doing so, the book provides fodder for thought on a difficult topic and will become a valuable addition to any landscape ecologist’s library." (Sarah E. Lehnen, Landscape Ecology, Vol. 23, 2008)
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