: Gary M. Lovett, Clive G. Jones, Monica G. Turner, Kathleen C. Weathers
: Gary M. Lovett, Clive Jones, Monica G. Turner, Kathleen C. Weathers
: Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes
: Springer-Verlag
: 9780387240916
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This groundbreaking work connects the knowledge of system function developed in ecosystem ecology with landscape ecology's knowledge of spatial structure. The book elucidates the challenges faced by ecosystem scientists working in spatially heterogeneous systems, relevant conceptual approaches used in other disciplines and in different ecosystem types, and the importance of spatial heterogeneity in conservation resource management.
Foreword5
Acknowledgments7
Contents9
Contributors12
1 Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes23
Section I Challenges and Conceptual Approaches27
2 Causes and Consequencesof Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecosystem Function30
3 The Template: Patterns and Processes of Spatial Variation52
4 Thoughts on the Generation and Importance of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecosystems and Landscapes69
5 Reciprocal Cause and EffectBetween Environmental Heterogeneity and Transport Processes87
Section II Perspectives from Different Disciplines110
6 Population Ecology in Spatially Heterogeneous Environments113
7 Heterogeneity in HydrologicProcesses: A Terrestrial Hydrologic Modeling Perspective137
8 Spatial Heterogeneity in Infectious Disease Epidemics155
9 Spatial Heterogeneity and Its Relation to Processes in the Upper Ocean183
Section IIII llustrations of Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Function201
10 Heterogeneity in Arid and Semiarid Lands206
11 Formation of Soil-Vegetation Patterns223
12 Spatial Patterning of Soil Carbon Storage Across Boreal Landscapes244
13 Heterogeneity in Urban Ecosystems: Patterns and Process271
14 Origins, Patterns, and Importance of Heterogeneity in Riparian Systems293
15 Flowpaths as Integrators of Heterogeneity in Streams and Landscapes324
16 Causes and Consequences of Spatial Heterogeneity in Lakes342
Section IV Application of Frameworks and Concepts361
17 The Importance of Multiscale Spatial Heterogeneity in Wildland Fire Management and Research364
18 The Role of Spatial Heterogeneity in the Management of Freshwater Resources378
19 The Roles of Spatial Heterogeneity and Ecological Processes in Conservation Planning399
Section V Synthesis417
20 Challenges in Understanding the Functions of Ecological Heterogeneity420
21 Spatial Pattern and Ecosystem Function: Reflections on Current Knowledge and Future Directions435
22 Spatial Heterogeneity: Past, Present, and Future450
23 Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Function: Enhancing Ecological Understanding and Applications457
24 Conceptual Frameworks: Plan for a Half-Built House468
Index476