CONNECTING LANDSCAPE PATTERNS TO ECOSYSTEM AND POPULATION PROCESSES

被引:410
作者
KAREIVA, P [1 ]
WENNERGREN, U [1 ]
机构
[1] LINKOPING UNIV, DEPT BIOL, S-58183 LINKOPING, SWEDEN
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D O I
10.1038/373299a0
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Spatially explicit ecological models offer numerous surprises, ranging from intricate tapestries of spatial patterning to widespread extinction when roads or deforestation fracture a landscape, Many of the gloomier examples involve thresholds, the approach to which would be hard to anticipate with standard census data. The challenge is in making a constructive management tool from these abstract harbingers of ecological disruption.
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页码:299 / 302
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