Wildlife and Landscape Ecology

Section 1 Underlying Concepts.- 1 Scale-Sensitive Ecological Properties: Historical Context, Current Meaning.- 2 Applications of Fractal Geometry in Wildlife Biology.- 3 Taming Chaos in the Wild: A Model-Free Technique for Wildlife Population Control.- 4 Patch Dynamics: The Transformation of Landscape Structureand Function.- 5 Disturbance and Diversity in a Landscape Context.- 6 Populations in a Landscape Context: Sources, Sinks, and Metapopulations.- 7 Hierarchy Theory: A Guide to System Structure for Wildlife Biologists.- Section 2 Landscape Metrics.- 8 Neutral Models: Useful Tools for Understanding Landscape Patterns.- 9 Understanding Measures of Landscape Pattern.- Section 3 Applications and Large-Scale Management.- 10 The Role of Moose in Landscape Process: Effects of Biogeography, Population Dynamics, and Predation.- 11 A Spatial View of Population Dynamics.- 12 The Importance of Scale in Habitat Conservation for an Endangered Species: The Capercaillie in Central Europe.- 13 Landscape Heterogeneity and Ungulate Dynamics:What Spatial Scales Are Inportant?.- 14 The Influence of Landscape Scale on the Management of Desert Bighorn Sheep.- 15 The Influence of Spatial Scale and Scale-Sensitive Propertiesin Habitat Selection by American Marten.- 16 Adaptive Policy Design: Thinking at Larger Spatial Scales.