{"product_id":"landscape-boundaries-andrew-j-hansen-9781461276777","title":"Landscape Boundaries: Consequences for Biotic Diversity and Ecological Flows","description":"The emergence of landscape ecology during the 1980s represents an impor- tant maturation of ecological theory. Once enamored with the conceptual beauty of well-balanced, homogeneous ecosystems, ecologists now assert that much of the essence of ecological systems lies in their lumpiness. Patches with differing properties and behaviors lie strewn across the land- scape, products of the complex interactions of climate, disturbance, and biotic processes. It is the collective behavior of this patchwork of eco- systems that drives pattern and process of the landscape. is not an end point This realization of the importance of patch dynamics in itself, however. Rather, it is a passage to a new conceptual framework, the internal workings of which remain obscure. The next tier of questions includes: What are the fundamental pieces that compose a landscape? How are these pieces bounded? To what extent do these boundaries influence communication and interaction among patches of the landscape? Will con- sideration of the interactions among landscape elements help us to under- stand the workings of landscapes? At the core of these questions lies the notion of the ecotone, a term with a lineage that even predates ecosystem. Late in the nineteenth century, F. E. Clements realized that the transition zones between plant communi- ties had properties distinct from either of the adjacent communities. Not until the emergence of patch dynamics theory, however, has central signif- icance of the ecotone concept become apparent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew J. Hansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1461276772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781461276777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.96d","brand":"Andrew J. Hansen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930795589887,"sku":"9781461276777","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cbbf5ff0-9dc7-45cc-97d0-b093fdf63c52.jpg?v=1766344326","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/landscape-boundaries-andrew-j-hansen-9781461276777","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}