Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes - Lovett, Gary M.; Jones, Clive G.; Turner, Monica G.; Weathers, Kathleen C.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2005)
Challenges and Conceptual Approaches -- Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes -- Causes and Consequences of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecosystem Function -- The Template: Patterns and Processes of Spatial Variation -- Thoughts on the Generation and Importance of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecosystems and Landscapes -- Reciprocal Cause and Effect Between Environmental Heterogeneity and Transport Processes -- Perspectives from Different Disciplines -- Population Ecology in Spatially Heterogeneous Environments -- Heterogeneity in Hydrologic Processes: A Terrestrial Hydrologic Modeling Perspective -- Spatial Heterogeneity in Infectious Disease Epidemics -- Spatial Heterogeneity and Its Relation to Processes in the Upper Ocean -- Illustrations of Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Function -- Heterogeneity in Arid and Semiarid Lands -- Formation of Soil-Vegetation Patterns -- Spatial Patterning of Soil Carbon Storage Across Boreal Landscapes -- Heterogeneity in Urban Ecosystems: Patterns and Process -- Origins, Patterns, and Importance of Heterogeneity in Riparian Systems -- Flowpaths as Integrators of Heterogeneity in Streams and Landscapes -- Causes and Consequences of Spatial Heterogeneity in Lakes -- Application of Frameworks and Concepts -- The Importance of Multiscale Spatial Heterogeneity in Wildland Fire Management and Research -- The Role of Spatial Heterogeneity in the Management of Freshwater Resources -- The Roles of Spatial Heterogeneity and Ecological Processes in Conservation Planning -- Synthesis -- Challenges in Understanding the Functions of Ecological Heterogeneity -- Spatial Pattern and Ecosystem Function: Reflections on Current Knowledge and Future Directions -- Spatial Heterogeneity: Past, Present, and Future -- Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Function: Enhancing Ecological Understanding and Applications -- Conceptual Frameworks: Plan for a Half-Built House.
Keywords: Ecology .; Applied ecology; Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Landscape ecology; Ecology; Applied Ecology; Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Landscape Ecology; Terrestial Ecology