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Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes
Sharon K. Collinge
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Description for Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes
Hardback. Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes is critical reading for ecologists, conservation biologists, and students alike. Num Pages: 360 pages, 42, 24 black & white halftones, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 650.
Ask airline passengers what they see as they gaze out the window, and they will describe a fragmented landscape: a patchwork of desert, woodlands, farmlands, and developed neighborhoods. Once-contiguous forests are now subdivided; tallgrass prairies that extended for thousands of miles are now crisscrossed by highways and byways. Whether the result of naturally occurring environmental changes or the product of seemingly unchecked human development, fractured lands significantly impact the planet's biological diversity. In Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes, Sharon K. Collinge defines fragmentation, explains its various causes, and suggests ways that we can put our lands back together. Researchers ... Read more
Ask airline passengers what they see as they gaze out the window, and they will describe a fragmented landscape: a patchwork of desert, woodlands, farmlands, and developed neighborhoods. Once-contiguous forests are now subdivided; tallgrass prairies that extended for thousands of miles are now crisscrossed by highways and byways. Whether the result of naturally occurring environmental changes or the product of seemingly unchecked human development, fractured lands significantly impact the planet's biological diversity. In Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes, Sharon K. Collinge defines fragmentation, explains its various causes, and suggests ways that we can put our lands back together. Researchers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801891380
SKU
V9780801891380
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About Sharon K. Collinge
Sharon K. Collinge is an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology as well as of environmental studies at the University of Colorado. She is the senior volume editor of Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics.
Reviews for Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes
This important and relevant work is well written and very extensively reference. Choice 2009 Its first-person style, relating often to the author's own experiences, is engaging and personable, and yet the book backs a scientific punch too... Its unassuming style and friendly approach belie it powerful insight and interpretation of a vast literature.
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