Résumé :
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Animals, plants, water, wind, materials and people move through spatial patterns characteristic of virtually all landscapes and regions. This up-to-date synthesis explores the ecology of heterogeneous land areas, where natural processes and human activities spatially interact to produce an ever-changing mosaic. The subject is of enormous importance to today's society, and indeed for molding the future of areas surrounding each of us. The book bulges with ideas, principles, and applications for planning, conservation, design, management, sustainability and policy. Spatial solutions are provided for society's land-use objectives. The present book is a state-of-the-art synthesis. In addition to topics in the preceding book, it features more emphasis on: (a) worldwide coverage; (b) a broader range of applications in land-use issues; (c) extensive literature citations for evidence; (d) integrating human culture and activities with natural phenomena; (e) boundaries and edges; (f) patch shape; (g) stream and river corridors; (h) road corridors; (i) windbreaks; (j) movements and flows across a mosaic; (k) land transformation and fragmentation; (I) land planning and management; (m) creating sustainability on land; and (n) the ecology of regions.
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