Landscape ecology (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Quantitative methods in landscape ecology, c1990 (landscape ecology emphasizes large areas and the ecological effects of the spatial patterning of ecosystems ... the consideration of spatial patterns distinguishes landscape ecology from traditional ecological studies, which fequently assume that systems are spatially homogeneous.)

LC data base, 5/22/90 (landscape ecology)

Forman, R.T.T. Landscape ecology, 1986: p. 595 (landscape ecology, a study of the structure, function, and change in a heterogeneous land area composed of interacting ecosystems)

Web. 3; Gray dict. of the biological sci.; McGraw-Hill encyc. sci. tech.