NR 580:
Fundamental
Landscape Ecology

Required Readings
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Full readings list (required + optional)

Books on Reserve
 Mt Washburn, YNP

Week
 Topic
 Readings
1
 Definitions and brief history
 Turner, M.G.  1989.  Landscape ecology: The effect of pattern on process. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 20: 171-197.

Wiens, J.A.  1999.  The science and practice of landscape ecology. Pages 372-383 in: J. M. Klopatek and R. H. Gardner, editors. Landscape ecological analysis: issues and applications. Springer-Verlag, New York.  <Retrieve from Electronic Reserves>
 
2
 Concepts of scale
 Delcourt, H.R., and P.A. Delcourt.  1988.  Quaternary landscape ecology: Relevant scales in space and time.  Landscape Ecology 2:23-44.

Levin, S.A.  1992.  The problem of pattern and scale in ecology.  Ecology 73:1943-1967.

Ludwig, J.A., J.A. Wiens and D.J. Tongway.  2000.  A scaling rule for landscape patches and how it applies to conserving soil resources in savannas.  Ecosystems 3:84-97.  <Retrieve from Ecosystems web site>
3
 Causes and changes in landscape pattern Foster, D.R.  1992.  Land-use history (1730-1990) and vegetation dynamics in central New England.  Journal of Ecology 80: 753-772.

Franklin, J.F., and R.T.T. Forman.  1987.  Creating landscape patterns by forest cutting: ecological consequences and principles.  Landscape Ecology 1:5-18.

Swanson, F.J., T.K. Kratz, N. Caine, and R.G. Woodmansee.  1988.  Landform effects on ecosystem patterns and processes.  Bioscience 38:92-98.  <Retrieve from Electronic Reserves>
4
 Quantifying landscape pattern I

Gustafson, E.J.  1998.  Quantifying landscape spatial pattern: What is the state of the art?  Ecosystems 1: 143-156.  <Retrieve from Ecosystems web site>

Li, H., and J.F. Reynolds. 1995.  On definition and quantification of heterogeneity.  Oikos 73:280-284.  

Tinker, D.B., C.A.C. Resor, G.P. Beauvais, K.F. Kipfmueller, C.I. Fernandes, and W.L. Baker.  1998.  Watershed analysis of forest fragmentation by clearcuts and roads in a Wyoming forest.  Landscape Ecology 13:149-165. <<Not required but highly recommended>>
5
 Quantifying landscape pattern II Jones, K.B., A.C. Neale, M.S. Nash, R.D. Van Remortel, J.D. Wickham, K.H. Riitters and R.V. O’Neill. 2001.  Predicting nutrient and sediment loadings to streams from landscape metrics: A multiple watershed study from the United States Mid-Atlantic Region.  Landscape Ecology 16:301-312.  <Retrieve from Electronic Reserves>

Hargis, C.D., J.A. Bissonette, and J.L. David.  1998.  The behavior of landscape metrics commonly used in the study of habitat fragmentation.  Landscape Ecology 13:167-186.  <Retrieve from Electronic Reserves>

Tischendorf, L.  2001. Can landscape indices predict ecological processes consistently?  Landscape Ecology 16:235-254.  

6
 Spatial statistics
 Fortin, M-J.  1999.  Spatial statistics in landscape ecology.  Pages 252-272 in: J. M. Klopatek and R. H. Gardner, editors. Landscape ecological analysis: issues and applications. Springer-Verlag, New York.<Retrieve from Electronic Reserves>

Pastor, J., B. Dewey, R. Moen, D.J. Mladenoff, M. White and Y. Cohen.  1998.  Spatial patterns in the moose-forest-soil ecosystem on Isle Royale, Michigan, USA.  Ecological Applications 8:411-424.

Bell, G., M.J. Lechowicz, A. Appenzeller, M. Chandler, E. DeBlois, L. Jackson, B. Mackenzie, R. Preziosi, M. Schallenberg, N. Tinker.  1993.  The spatial structure of the physical environment.  Oecologia 96:114-121.
 
7
 Neutral landscape models
 Gardner, R.H., B.T. Milne, M.G. Turner, and R.V. O’Neill.  1987.  Neutral models for the analysis of broad-scale landscape pattern.  Landscape Ecology 1: 19-28.

With, K.A., and A.W. King.  1997.  The use and misuse of neutral landscape models in ecology.  Oikos 79:219-229.  <Retrieve from Electronic Reserves>
 
With, K.A., S.J. Cadaret, and C. Davis.  1999.  Movement responses to patch structure in experimental fractal landscapes.  Ecology 80:1340-1353.
8
 Landscape modeling
 He, H.S., and D.J. Mladenoff.  1999.  Spatially explicit and stochastic simulation of forest-landscape fire disturbance and succession.  Ecology 80: 81-99.

Baker, W.L.  1994.  Restoration of landscape structure altered by fire suppression.  Conservation Biology 8: 763-769.

Dale, V.H. and S.M. Pearson.  1999. .Modeling the driving factors and ecological consequences of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.  Pages 256-276 in D. J. Mladenoff and W. L. Baker, editors.  Spatial modeling of forest landscape change.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.  <Retrieve from Electronic Reserves>  <<Recommended, not required>>
9
 Landscape disturbance/diversity/equilibrium Frelich, L.E. and P.B. Reich.  1999.  Neighborhood effects, disturbance severity, and community stability.  Ecosystems 2:151-166.  <Retrieve from Ecosystems web site>

Turner, M.G., W.H. Romme, R.H. Gardner, R.V. O'Neill, and T.K. Kratz.  1993.  A revised concept of landscape equilibrium: disturbance and stability on scaled landscapes.  Landscape Ecology 8: 213-227.

Wu, J., and O.L. Loucks.  1995.  From balance of nature to hierarchical patch dynamics: a paradigm shift in ecology.  Quarterly Review of Biology 70:439-466.

10
 US-IALE Meeting, Las Vegas - No class
 No readings
11
 Organisms and landscapes Mitchell, M.S., R.A. Lancia and J.A. Gerwin.  2001.  Using landscape-level data to predict the distribution of birds on a managed forest: effects of scale.  Ecological Applications 11:1692-1708.

Trzcinski, M.K., L. Fahrig, and G. Merriam.  1999.  Independent effects of forest cover and fragmentation on the distribution of forest breeding birds.  Ecological Applications 9:586-593.

Wiens, J.A., and B.T. Milne.  1989.  Scaling of “landscapes” in landscape ecology, or, landscape ecology from a beetle’s perspective.  Landscape Ecology 3: 87-96.
12
 Communities, ecosystems, and landscapes Augustine, D.J. and D.A. Frank.  2001.  Effects of migratory grazers on spatial heterogeneity of soil nitrogen properties in a grassland ecosystem.  Ecology 82:3149-3162. 

Epstein, H.E., I.C. Burke, and W.K. Lauenroth.  2002.  Regional patterns of decomposition and primary production rates in the US Great Plains.  Ecology 83: 320-327.

Turner, M.G., D.B. Tinker, W.H. Romme, D.M. Kashian, and C.M. Litton.  In press.  Landscape patterns of sapling density, leaf area, and aboveground net primary production in postfire lodgepole pine forests, Yellowstone National Park (USA).  Ecosystems.
 
13
 Applied LE:  Land use change/planning Ahern, J.  1991.  Planning for an extensive open space system: linking landscape structure and function.  Landscape and Urban Planning 21: 131-145.

Baker, W.L.  1992.  Effects of settlement and fire suppression on landscape structure.  Ecology 73: 1879-1887.

Wear, D.N. and P. Bolstad.  1998.  Land-use changes in southern Appalachian landscapes: spatial analysis and forecast evaluation.  Ecosystems 1:575-594.  <Retrieve from Ecosystems web site>
 
14
 Applied landscape ecology: conservation Baker, W.L.  1989.  Landscape ecology and nature reserve design in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Minnesota.  Ecology 70:23-35.

Poiani, K.A., B.D. Richter, M.G. Anderson, and H.E. Richter.  2000.  Biodiversity conservation at multiple scales: functional sites, landscapes, and networks.  BioScience 50:133-146.

Murphy, D.D., and B.R. Noon.  1992.  Integrating scientific methods with habitat conservation planning: Reserve design for northern spotted owls.  Ecological Applications 2: 3-17.
15
 Oral presentations - no readings
 No readings
Finals
 The future of landscape ecology Wu, J. and R. J. Hobbs.  2002.  Key issues and research priorities in landscape ecology:  an idiosyncratic synthesis.  Landscape Ecology 17:355-365.  <Retrieve from Electronic Reserves>


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