Landscape Ecology

Abstract

Introduction into Landscape Ecology (LE) and presentation of the various practical applications of LE in nature and landscape planning

Objective

Introduction into Landscape Ecology (LE) and presentation of the various practical applications of LE in nature and landscape planning. We concentrate on the products that sustainable landscape management can generate (large conservation areas, visually attractive landscape, restoration, river restoration)

Content

A. Theoreticsl aspects - Introduction to Landscape Ecology as a discipline - Methodological tools of Landscape Ecology - Landscape analysis I: Qualitative landscape description; landscape patterns and ecological significance for fauna and flora - Landscape analysis II: Spatial patterns, landscape metrics with practical examples - Landscape analysis III: Human landscape perception and habitat requirements of fauna and flora with practical examples - Landscape change I: The role of landscape change for plants animals and humans; measuring landscape change; simulation of disturbances on ecological communities - Landscape change II: Simulating landscape development with various models B. Applied landscape ecology in nature and landscape management and corresponding products - Simulating spatial distribution of selected plant and animal species. Applying distribution models in nature and landscape management, dealing with risks and scenarios - Modern river management: flood protection and river restoration (guest lecture) - Landscape and habitat Inventories: Traditional methods, types of inventories, problems of up-dating, new methods of analyzing landscape potentials, new methods for landscape indicators - Large conservation areas – GIS assisted search strategies with landscape ecological data

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