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Complexity in landscape ecology [electronic resource] / David G. Green, Nicholas I. Klomp, Glyn Rimmington, Suzanne Sadedin.

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This book examines key concepts and analytical approaches in complexity theory as it applies to landscape ecology, including complex networks, connectivity, criticality, feedback, and self-organisation. It then reviews the ways that these ideas have led to new insights into the nature of ecosystems...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Green, David G. (David Geoffrey), 1949-, Klomp, Nicholas, Rimmington, Glyn, Sadedin, Suzanne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2020.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Landscape series (Springer (Firm)) ; v. 22.
Subjects:
Landscape ecology.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: Complexity and Ecology
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 What Is Complexity?
  • 1.2.1 Variety and Form
  • 1.2.2 The Chicken and the Egg
  • 1.3 What Makes Ecosystems Complex?
  • 1.3.1 Measuring Diversity
  • 1.3.2 The Origins of Complexity
  • 1.4 Why Study Ecological Complexity?
  • 1.5 The Complexity Paradigm
  • 1.5.1 Scientific Paradigms
  • 1.5.2 A New Ecology for a New Age?
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Seeing the Wood for the Trees: Emergent Order in Growth and Behaviour
  • 2.1 Plant Growth and Form
  • 2.1.1 Factors Influencing Growth.
  • 2.1.2 Branches and Leaves
  • 2.1.3 Overall Plant Form
  • 2.1.4 Self-Organisation Versus Constrained Growth
  • 2.2 Animal Behaviour
  • 2.2.1 Searching for Food
  • 2.2.2 Territory
  • 2.2.3 Social Networks
  • 2.2.4 Animal Intelligence
  • 2.3 Multiagent Systems
  • 2.3.1 Turtle Geometry
  • 2.3.2 From Turtles to Agents
  • 2.3.3 The Boids and the Bees
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Complexity in Landscapes
  • 3.1 The Eye of the Beholder
  • 3.1.1 Geographic Information Systems
  • 3.1.2 The Game of Life
  • 3.1.3 Cellular Automata Models of Landscapes
  • 3.2 Sampling and Scale.
  • 3.3 Complexity in Spatial Processes
  • 3.4 Complexity in Spatial Patterns
  • 3.4.1 Fractal Dimensions
  • 3.4.2 Fractals in Nature
  • 3.4.3 Measuring Landscape Complexity
  • 3.5 Are Landscapes Connected?
  • 3.5.1 Connectivity in a Grid
  • 3.5.2 Why Is a Starfish Like an Atomic Bomb?
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Oh, What a Tangled Web ... Complex Networks in Ecology
  • 4.1 The Roots of Complexity Theory
  • 4.2 The Network Model
  • 4.2.1 Interactions and Connectivity
  • 4.2.2 Networks
  • 4.2.3 Networks Are Everywhere
  • 4.2.4 The Connectivity Avalanche
  • 4.2.5 Phase Changes and Criticality.
  • 4.2.6 The Order of Things
  • 4.3 Self-Organisation
  • 4.3.1 Emergent Properties
  • 4.3.2 Modules and Motifs
  • 4.3.3 The Shape of Complexity
  • 4.4 Networks of Networks
  • References
  • Chapter 5: The Imbalance of Nature ... Feedback and Stability in Ecosystems
  • 5.1 Feedback
  • 5.1.1 Negative Feedback Promotes Stability
  • 5.1.2 Positive Feedback Promotes Self-Organization
  • 5.2 The Big Get Bigger
  • 5.3 Who Eats Whom?
  • 5.3.1 Equilibrium and Stability
  • 5.3.2 Transients and Attractors
  • 5.3.3 Sensitivity to Initial Conditions
  • 5.3.4 The Onset of Chaos
  • 5.3.5 Fractals.
  • 5.4 Is There a Balance of Nature?
  • 5.4.1 Succession
  • 5.4.2 Ecosystems in Balance?
  • 5.4.3 Does a Balance Really Exist?
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Populations in Landscapes
  • 6.1 One Population or Many?
  • 6.2 Spatial Distributions
  • 6.3 Patches, Edges and Zones
  • 6.3.1 Salt of the Earth
  • 6.4 To See the World in a Grain of Pollen
  • 6.5 Galloping Trees?
  • 6.6 Phylogeography
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Living with the Neighbours: Competition and Stability in Communities
  • 7.1 Invasions and Persistence
  • 7.2 Disturbance and Competition
  • 7.3 Ecological Communities.

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