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1、KeyTopicsinLandscapeEcologyLandscapeecologyisarelativelynewareaofstudy,whichaimstounderstandthepatternofinteractionofbiologicalandculturalcommunitieswithinalandscape.Thisbookbringstogetherleadingfiguresfromthefieldtoprovideanup-to-datesurveyofrecentadvances,identifykeyrese
2、archproblems,andsuggestafuturedirectionfordevelopmentandexpansionofknowledge.Providingin-depthreviewsoftheprinciplesandmethodsforunderstandinglandscapepatternsandchanges,thebookillustratesconceptswithexamplesofinnovativeapplicationsfromdifferentpartsoftheworld.Formingacu
3、rrent“state-of-the-science”forthescienceoflandscapeecology,thisbookformsanessentialreferenceforgraduatestudents,academics,professionals,andpractitionersinecology,environmentalscience,naturalresourcemanagement,andlandscapeplanninganddesign.Jianguo(Jingle)WuisProfessorofEc
4、ology,Evolution,andEnvironmentalScienceatArizonaStateUniversity,Tempe,Arizona,USA.Hisresearchinterestsincludelandscapeecology,urbanecology,andsustainabilityscience,focusingonhierarchicalpatchdynamics,pattern–process–scalerelationships,spatialscaling,land-usechangeanditse
5、ffectsonecosystemprocesses,andbiodiversityandecosystemfunctioning.Hehaspublishedmorethan120scientificpaperswhichinvolvemostlydrylandecosystemsinNorthAmericaandChina.HisprofessionalserviceincludesProgramChairofthe2001AnnualSymposiumoftheUSAssociationofthe/InternationalAsso
6、ciationofLandscapeEcology(US-IALE),Councillor-at-LargeofUS-IALE(2001–3),andChairoftheAsianEcologySectionoftheEcologicalSocietyofAmerica(1999–2000).Heiscurrentlytheeditor-in-chiefoftheinternationaljournalLandscapeEcology.RichardHobbsisProfessorofEnvironmentalScienceatMurd
7、ochUniversity,WesternAustralia,andhasresearchinterestsinrestorationecologyandlandscapeecology.Thesefocusontheconservationandmanagementofalteredlandscapes,particularlytheagriculturalareaofsouthwesternAustralia.HeisafellowoftheAustralianAcademyofScienceandhasbeenlistedbyIS
8、Iasoneofthemosthighlycitedresearchersinecologyandenvironmentalscience.HisprofessionalservicesincludePre
