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Landscapes & Landscape Ecology |
Landscapes exist as patchworks of differenttypes of land cover called mosaics! Landscape Ecology: Study of the composition, structure,and function of landscapes (within or acrossecosystems); focuses on a BROADER spatial extent |
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Humans can also imitate natural disturbances such as fires. |
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Organisms can shape landscapes too! |
Ex: Beetles eating trees Beavers building dams. Shaping landscapes can lead to habitat fragmentation, usually caused by humans |
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Patches: Areas that are more or less heterogenous than their surroundings. Matrix is the area surrounding the patches. Boundaries are where the edge of one patch meets the edge of another patch. |
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Boundaries can be created by humans |
Natural boundaries usually resemble the bottom image. Human made boundaries usually resemble the top image |
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Connect from one habitat to the other. Some have structural and some have functional connectivity. |
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Structural Connectivity vs Functional Connectivity |
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Fragmented lands and reserves are islands! |
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