Complexity in landscape ecology / David G. Green, Nicholas I. Klomp, Glyn Rimmington, Suzanne Sadedin.
2020
QH541.15.L35
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Title
Complexity in landscape ecology / David G. Green, Nicholas I. Klomp, Glyn Rimmington, Suzanne Sadedin.
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9783030467739 (electronic book)
3030467732 (electronic book)
3030467724
9783030467722
3030467732 (electronic book)
3030467724
9783030467722
Imprint
Cham : Springer, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-46
Call Number
QH541.15.L35
Dewey Decimal Classification
577
Summary
This book examines key concepts and analytical approaches in complexity theory as it applies to landscape ecology, including complex networks, connectivity, criticality, feedback, and self-organisation. It then reviews the ways that these ideas have led to new insights into the nature of ecosystems and the role of processes in landscapes. The updated edition explores innovations in ecotechnology, including automated monitoring, big data, simulation and machine learning, and shows how they are revolutionizing ecology by making it possible to deal more effectively with complexity. Addressing the topic in a progression of ideas from small to large, and from simple to sophisticated, the book examines the implications of complexity for major environmental issues of our time, particularly the urgencies of climate change and loss of biodiversity. Understanding ecological complexity is crucial in todays globalized and interconnected world. Successful management of the worlds ecosystems must combine models of ecosystem complexity with biodiversity, environmental, geographic, and socioeconomic data. The book examines the impact of humans on landscapes and ecosystems, as well as efforts to embed sustainability, commerce and industrial development in the larger context of ecosystem services and ecological economics. Well-established as researchers in the field, the authors provide a new perspective on current and future understanding of complexity in landscape ecology. The new edition offers a non-technical account of the topic, so it is both accessible and informative for general readers. For students of ecology, it provides a fresh approach to classical ideas.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Green, David G. (David Geoffrey), 1949-
Klomp, Nicholas.
Rimmington, Glyn.
Sadedin, Suzanne.
Klomp, Nicholas.
Rimmington, Glyn.
Sadedin, Suzanne.
Series
Landscape series (Springer (Firm)) ; v. 22.
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Print version: 9783030467722
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