The focus here is on, the distribution patterns of landscape elements; the flows of animals, plants, energy, nutrients and water among these elements; and the ecological changes in the landscape mosaic over time.
OVERVIEW: The Landscape and Major Principles; Ecological Concepts in Brief; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE: Patches; Corridors; Matrix and Network; Overall Structure; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS: Natural Processes in Landscape Development; The Human Role in Landscape Development; Flows between Adjacent Landscape Elements; Animal and Plant Movement Across a Landscape; Landscape Functioning; Landscape Change; HETEROGENEITY AND MANAGEMENT: Heterogeneity and Typology; Landscape Management; References; Glossary; Index.