1. Landscape Ecology & Ecosystem Management
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Wikipedia “Ngorongoro Conservation Area” page; accessed 2-XII-2014
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2. Landscape Ecology
The study of the causes & consequences of landscape-level
(i.e., intermediate- to large-scale) ecological patterns
E.g., Lodgepole pine stand age classes (stand ages since last major fire-disturbance) in Yellowstone National Park
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Tinker, D. B., W. H. Romme & D. G. Despain Historic range of variability in landscape structure in subalpine forests of the Greater Yellowstone Area, USA. Landscape Ecology 18:
Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig. 24.5, after Tinker et al. (2003) Landscape Ecology

3. dynamic mosaic of interacting ecosystems
Landscape
An area in which at least one landscape element is spatially heterogeneous and in which the elements form a
dynamic mosaic of interacting ecosystems
E.g., Lodgepole pine stand age classes (stand ages since last major fire-disturbance) in Yellowstone National Park
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Tinker, D. B., W. H. Romme & D. G. Despain Historic range of variability in landscape structure in subalpine forests of the Greater Yellowstone Area, USA. Landscape Ecology 18:
Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig. 24.5, after Tinker et al. (2003) Landscape Ecology

4. E.g., forest stands, bogs, meadows, lakes, streams, etc.
Landscape Elements
E.g., forest stands, bogs, meadows, lakes, streams, etc.
E.g., Lodgepole pine stand age classes (stand ages since last major fire-disturbance) in Yellowstone National Park
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Tinker, D. B., W. H. Romme & D. G. Despain Historic range of variability in landscape structure in subalpine forests of the Greater Yellowstone Area, USA. Landscape Ecology 18:
Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig. 24.5, after Tinker et al. (2003) Landscape Ecology

5. Landscape Composition
The kinds & relative proportions of elements
or patches in a landscape
E.g., Lodgepole pine stand age classes (stand ages since last major fire-disturbance) in Yellowstone National Park
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Tinker, D. B., W. H. Romme & D. G. Despain Historic range of variability in landscape structure in subalpine forests of the Greater Yellowstone Area, USA. Landscape Ecology 18:
Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig. 24.5, after Tinker et al. (2003) Landscape Ecology

6. Landscape Structure The physical configuration of landscape elements,
e.g., patch size distributions, patch dispersion, patch shapes,
patch connectivity / isolation, etc.
E.g., Lodgepole pine stand age classes (stand ages since last major fire-disturbance) in Yellowstone National Park
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Tinker, D. B., W. H. Romme & D. G. Despain Historic range of variability in landscape structure in subalpine forests of the Greater Yellowstone Area, USA. Landscape Ecology 18:
Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig. 24.5, after Tinker et al. (2003) Landscape Ecology

7. Scale Grain – the size of the smallest homogeneous unit;
determines resolution
E.g., landscape elements in Yellowstone National Park
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Turner, M. G., R. H. Gardner & R. V. O’Neill Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice: Pattern and Process. Springer Verlag, New York.
Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig. 24.6, after Turner et al. (2001)

8. Extent – the area (or time period) encompassed by a study
Scale
Extent – the area (or time period) encompassed by a study
E.g., landscape elements in Yellowstone National Park
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Turner, M. G., R. H. Gardner & R. V. O’Neill Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice: Pattern and Process. Springer Verlag, New York.
Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig. 24.6, after Turner et al. (2001)

9. Habitat Loss & Fragmentation
E.g., Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
(Manaus, Brazil)
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Photo of a forest fragment, surrounded by newly created cattle pasture in Brazil

10. Habitat Loss & Fragmentation
E.g., Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
(Manaus, Brazil)
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NASA false-color remotely sensed image of the confluence of Río Negro & Río Solimões (Amazon)

11. Habitat Loss & Fragmentation
E.g., Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
(Manaus, Brazil)
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NASA false-color remotely sensed image of BDFFP

12. Habitat Loss & Fragmentation
Edge effects – negative (generally) effects of a habitat edge on interior conditions
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Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig

13. Habitat Loss & Fragmentation
Edge effects – negative (generally) effects of a habitat edge on interior conditions
Some species can only inhabit the interior or core, and some are specifically attracted to the edge
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Here, we used a strategic, stratified set of 40 of the BDFFP’s 66 1-ha study plots…
Laurance, William F., Henrique E. M. Nascimento, Susan G. Laurance, Ana Andrade, José E. L. S. Ribeiro, Juan Pablo Giraldo, Thomas E. Lovejoy, Richard Condit, Jerome Chave, Kyle E. Harms & Sammya D’Angelo Rapid decay of tree-community composition in Amazonian forest fragments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103:
Figure from Laurance et al. (2006) PNAS 13

14. Habitat Loss & Fragmentation
Edge effects – negative (generally) effects of a habitat edge on interior conditions
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Note that the Increased leaf [P] does not seem like a negative consequence.
Laurance, W. F. et al Ecosystem decay of Amazonian forest fragments: A 22-year investigation. Conservation Biology 16: T
Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig. Analyzing Data 24.1, after Laurance et al. (2002) Conservation Biology

15. Habitat Loss & Fragmentation
E.g., Barro Colorado Island, surrounded by Gatun Lake
(Isthmus of Panama)
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Photo by Christian Ziegler from
diversity-in-the-middle-of-panama-canal/

16. Habitat Loss & Fragmentation
E.g., Barro Colorado Island, surrounded by Gatun Lake
(Isthmus of Panama)
Checker-throated Antwren (Myrmotherula fulviventris);
a common understory insectivore in tropical forests of central Panama
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Wikipedia “Checker-throated antwren” page, accessed 20 April 2015
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17. Habitat Loss & Fragmentation
E.g., Barro Colorado Island, surrounded by Gatun Lake
(Isthmus of Panama)
Success ratio = proportion of individuals that successfully flew
over water back
to land from a boat
in Gatun Lake
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Moore, R. P., W. D. Robinson, I. J. Lovette & T. R. Robinson Experimental evidence for extreme dispersal limitation in tropical forest birds. Ecology Letters 11:
Note that 16 individuals of M. fulviventris were tested, and none returned to land from a 100 m release distance in the lake. No birds of M. fulviventris were then tested at the two longer distances.
“Figure 1 Flight performance across open-water gaps of increasing width (100, 200 & 300 m) for 10 species of tropical understory forest birds. Numbers atop columns indicate sample sizes of individuals tested at each distance. We did not conduct dispersal challenges at greater distances for species that had previously exhibited complete or nearly complete failure at a given distance. Lower right panel shows mean success rate pooled across all distances. Full binomial species names and common names are listed in Table 1.”
Moore et al. (2008) Ecology Letters, Fig. 1

18. Habitat Loss & Fragmentation
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Habitat loss & fragmentation is not just a tropical phenomenon!
Loss & fragmentation of U. S. old-growth forests;
note how fragmentation increases the ratio of edge:core
Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig

19. Design Principles for Protected Areas
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See Reed Noss’s “core natural areas” = “where nature can operate in its own way in its own time” (Noss et al. 1999); see textbook pg. 559.
Diamond, J. M The island dilemma: Lessons of modern biogeographic studies for the design of natural reserves. Biological Conservation 7:
Williams, J. C., C. S. ReVelle & S. A. Levin Spatial attributes and reserve design models: A review. Environmental Modeling and Assessment 10:
Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig , after Diamond (1975) & Williams et al. (2005)

20. Design Principles for Protected Areas
Corridors facilitated movement between patches
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Tewksbury, J. J. et al Corridors affect plants, animals, and their interactions in fragmented landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99:
Corridors facilitated pollination
between patches
Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig , after Tewksbury et al. (2002) PNAS

21. Adaptive Ecosystem Management or Restoration
Management treated as an experiment
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Cain, Bowman & Hacker (2014), Fig