Landscape ecology

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Landscape ecology

• Outline
• Landscapes
• Borders and edges, fragmentation, patch size,
  diversity
• Island biogeography
• Corridors
• Disturbance
• Readings Chapters 19

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A mosaic of patches
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Borders between patches
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Indigo bunting
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Patch size and shape crucial to species diversity
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woodland
grassland
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Theory of island biogeography
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Theory of island biogeography
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Corridors
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butterfly
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Disturbance shapes landscapes
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• Disturbance regime
• Intensity
• Scale
• Frequency

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Landscapes are shifting mosaics
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Geographic information systems powerful tool to
study landscapes
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