Landscape Ecology

Bibliographic Data

ID23700258
AuthorsAndreas Aagaard Christensen (0000-0002-8890-6776, University of Copenhagen), Jesper Brandt (0000-0003-1281-9147, Roskilde University), Stig Roar Svenningsen (0000-0001-7949-0740, Royal Danish Library)
Year2017
Pages1-10
Publication date2017-03-06
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueInternational Encyclopedia of Geography (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg1168
OpenAlexW4243708788
ISBN9781118786352
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

Landscape ecology is an interdisciplinary field of research and practice that deals with the mutual association between the spatial configuration and ecological functioning of landscapes, exploring and describing processes involved in the differentiation of spaces within landscapes, and the ecological significance of the patterns which are generated by such processes. In landscape ecology, perspectives drawn from existing academic disciplines are integrated based on a common, spatially explicit mode of analysis developed from classical holistic geography, emphasizing spatial and landscape pattern analysis and ecological interaction of land units. The landscape is seen as a holon: an assemblage of interrelated phenomena, both cultural and biophysical, that together form a complex whole. Enduring challenges to landscape ecology include the need to develop a systematic approach able to translate positivist readings of the environment and hermeneutical perspectives on socioecological interaction into a common framework or terminology.

Biology · Ecotope · Environmental resource management · Field (mathematics) · Geography · Habitat · Landscape design · Landscape ecology · Landscape epidemiology · Landscape planning · Linguistics · Sociology · Terminology · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Environmental Science · Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies · Land Use and Ecosystem Services

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