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Landscape ecology

Journal Article · · BioScience; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/1310366· OSTI ID:6082834
In this paper the authors outline an approach to landscape study that employs a hierarchical paradigm of pattern and behavior. Although emphasis is on forested landscapes, we can generalize a theory of landscape ecology. Attention is focused on the wide range of phenomena in a natural terrestrial landscape by considering the apparent complexity of landscape dynamics and illustrating how a hierarchical paradigm lends itself to simplifying such complexity. This perspective also affords insights into the management of man-dominated landscapes.
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
6082834
Journal Information:
BioScience; (United States), Journal Name: BioScience; (United States) Vol. 37:2; ISSN BISNA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English