A rich set of protocols for the process of assessing the ecological make-up of the land so as to guide environmental decision-making.

This volume incorporates case studies that explore past and current land use decisions on both public and private lands, and includes practical approaches and t

An important guide to assessing and managing the environment from a landscape perspective Ecological relationships are nested within the landscape. Identifying

The Interior Northwest Landscape Analysis System (INLAS) links a number of resource, disturbance, and landscape simulations models to examine the interactions o

The idea for this book grew out of: (1) the realisation that development of the theory of landscape ecology has now reached the point where rigorous field work