Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning

FOREWORD 5(2) PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7(2) FOUNDATIONS 9(10) Time Changes 9(3) Objectives 12(1) Development of landscape ecology 12(2) Landscape ecology today 14(5) PART ONE: PRINCIPLES 19(28) Patches 19(8) Patch size: Large or small? 20(2) Patch number: How many? 22(2) Patch location: Where? 24(3) Edges and boundaries 27(8) Edge structure 28(1) Boundaries: Straight or convoluted? 29(2) Shpaes of patches: Round or convoluted? 31(4) Corridors and Connectivity 35(6) Corridors for species movement 36(1) Stepping stones 37(1) Road and windbreak barriers 38(1) Stream and river corridors 39(2) Mosaies 41(6) Networks 42(2) Fragmentation and pattern 44(1) Scale: Fine or coarse? 45(2) PART TWO: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 47(22) Sehematic Applications 49(8) Case studies in brief 57(12) SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 69(2) ADDITIONAL REFERENCES 71