This book presents the state of the art of the fundamentals of landscapeecology. It integrates different ecological approaches in which the spatialarrangement o... » 

This book presents the state of the art of the fundamentals of landscapeecology. It integrates different ecological approaches in which the spatialarrangement of living organisms and their aggregations are considered as animportant component of environmental complexity. A reconciliation between theecosystem approach and the landscape approach is discussed. Geobotanicalanimal and human perspectives are considered and compared with regional broadscale processoriented landscape ecology. It presents methods and applicationsfor land evaluation and management of the real world with particular emphasison the scalar property of ecological processes and their patterns. This bookrepresents a development of the authors previous book Principles and Methodsin Landscape Ecology with greater emphasis on applications. The first part isdevoted to the fundamentals of landscape ecology critically revisited. Thesecond part focuses on landscape evaluation resilient properties fragilitycharacteristics connectivity aspects and healthy conditions. The last partconcentrates on management approaches. «