How Landscapes Change

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXI

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • G. A. Bradshaw, P. A. Marquet

      Pages 1-4

3. Causes and Processes of Landscape Fragmentation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

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   2. Biodiversity and Human Impact During the Last 11,000 Years in North-Central Chile

      • L. Núñez, M. Grosjean

      Pages 7-17

   3. Beyond Malthus and Perverse Incentives: Economic Globalization, Forest Conversion and Habitat Fragmentation

      • S. F. Siebert

      Pages 19-32

   4. Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity in Central Amazonia

      • C. Gascon, W. F. Laurance, T. E. Lovejoy

      Pages 33-48

   5. Climatic and Human Influences on Fire Regimes in Temperate Forest Ecosystems in North and South America

      • P. Alaback, T. T. Veblen, C. Whitlock, A. Lara, T. Kitzberger, R. Villalba

      Pages 49-87

   6. Natural Versus Anthropogenic Sources of Amazonian Biodiversity: the Continuing Quest for El Dorado

      • B. J. Meggers

      Pages 89-107

4. Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Fragmentation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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   2. Bees Not to Be? Responses of Insect Pollinator Faunas and Flower Pollination to Habitat Fragmentation

      • M. A. Aizen, P. Feinsinger

      Pages 111-129

   3. Implications of Evolutionary and Ecological Dynamics to the Genetic Analysis of Fragmentation

      • L. Joseph, M. Cunningham, S. Sarre

      Pages 131-144

   4. Forest Fragmentation, Plant Regeneration and Invasion Processes Across Edges in Central Chile

      • R. O. Bustamante, I. A. Serey, S. T. A. Pickett

      Pages 145-160

   5. The Ecological Consequences of a Fragmentation-Mediated Invasion: The Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile, in Southern California

      • A. V. Suarez, T. J. Case

      Pages 161-180

5. Ecosystem Fragmentation: Theory, Methods, and Implications for Conservation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. A Review and Synthesis of Conceptual Frameworks for the Study of Forest Fragmentation

      • G. H. Kattan, C. Murcia

      Pages 183-200

   3. Reflections on Landscape Experiments and Ecological Theory: Tools for the Study of Habitat Fragmentation

      • R. D. Holt, D. M. Debinski

      Pages 201-223

   4. Spatial Autocorrelation, Dispersal and the Maintenance of Source-Sink Populations

      • T. H. Keitt

      Pages 225-238

   5. Patch Dynamics, Habitat Degradation, and Space in Metapopulations

      • P. A. Marquet, J. X. Velasco-Hernández, J. E. Keymer

      Pages 239-254

   6. How Much Functional Redundancy Is Out There, or, Are We Willing to Do Away with Potential Backup Species?

      • F. M. Jaksic

      Pages 255-262

   7. Predicting Distributions of South American Migrant Birds in Fragmented Environments: a Possible Approach Based on Climate

      • L. Joseph

      Pages 263-283

North and South America share similar human and ecological histories and, increasingly, economic and social linkages. As such, issues of ecosystem functions and disruptions form a common thread among these cultures. This volume synthesizes the perspectives of several disciplines, such as ecology, anthropology, economy, and conservation biology. The chief goal is to gain an understanding of how human and ecological processes interact to affect ecosystem functions and species in the Americas. Throughout the text the emphasis is placed on habitat fragmentation. At the same time, the book provides an overview of current theory, methods, and approaches used in the analysis of ecosystem disruptions and fragmentation.

• Americas
• Amerika
• Fauna
• Habitatfragmentierung
• Landschaftsökologie
• Zerstörung von Ökosystemen
• biodiversity
• conservation
• ecology
• ecosystem
• ecotone
• environment
• global change
• habitat fragmentation
• landscape ecology
• landscape/regional and urban planning

"A very useful book for the library." (Bulletin of the British Ecological Society) 

• Departments of Forest Science and Electrical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

  Gay A. Bradshaw

• Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ecología y Biodiversidad & Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

  Pablo A. Marquet

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