**Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice: Pattern and Process** Landscape ecology is not a distinct discipline or a branch of ecology, but rather the intersection of many related disciplines that focus on the spatial-temporal pattern of the landscape. The emergence of landscape ecology as a discipline has shifted paradigms among ecologists, resource managers, and land-use planners. This book presents the perspectives of three ecologists on the concepts and applications of landscape ecology, a discipline that has grown significantly in the past two decades. Although landscape ecology is a multidisciplinary subject involving economics, sociology, earth sciences, geography, remote sensing, and computer applications, the focus here is on what ecologists need to know about landscapes. Landscape ecology served as the integrating theme of the authors' collaborative research for nearly 15 years, including a 7-year period at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The authors became acquainted in 1986 at the first annual United States Landscape Ecology symposium. Landscape ecology was a new subject in the United States at that time. The first U.S. workshop on landscape ecology had occurred less than three years prior. The authors have worked together on many aspects of ecosystem ecology and ecological modeling. The mutual interests and excitement of working in a new branch of ecology led to the authors' collaboration. As ecologists embraced the challenges of understanding spatial complexity, landscape ecology moved from being a tangential subdiscipline to a mainstream field. This book provides a synthetic overview of landscape ecology, including its development, methods, major questions, and insights. The CD contains all figures, including color images, to enhance the book's utility, especially for teaching. The companion volume provides opportunities for hands-on learning of many methods and concepts. The authors acknowledge funding from various agencies and thank colleagues for their contributions. They also thank reviewers and students for their feedback. The graphics and illustrations were prepared by Michael Turner. The authors thank the editors at Springer-Verlag for their support. The book includes chapters on scale, models, causes of landscape pattern, quantifying landscape pattern, neutral landscape models, landscape disturbance dynamics, organisms and landscape pattern, ecosystem processes, applied landscape ecology, and conclusions and future directions. References and index are provided.**Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice: Pattern and Process** Landscape ecology is not a distinct discipline or a branch of ecology, but rather the intersection of many related disciplines that focus on the spatial-temporal pattern of the landscape. The emergence of landscape ecology as a discipline has shifted paradigms among ecologists, resource managers, and land-use planners. This book presents the perspectives of three ecologists on the concepts and applications of landscape ecology, a discipline that has grown significantly in the past two decades. Although landscape ecology is a multidisciplinary subject involving economics, sociology, earth sciences, geography, remote sensing, and computer applications, the focus here is on what ecologists need to know about landscapes. Landscape ecology served as the integrating theme of the authors' collaborative research for nearly 15 years, including a 7-year period at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The authors became acquainted in 1986 at the first annual United States Landscape Ecology symposium. Landscape ecology was a new subject in the United States at that time. The first U.S. workshop on landscape ecology had occurred less than three years prior. The authors have worked together on many aspects of ecosystem ecology and ecological modeling. The mutual interests and excitement of working in a new branch of ecology led to the authors' collaboration. As ecologists embraced the challenges of understanding spatial complexity, landscape ecology moved from being a tangential subdiscipline to a mainstream field. This book provides a synthetic overview of landscape ecology, including its development, methods, major questions, and insights. The CD contains all figures, including color images, to enhance the book's utility, especially for teaching. The companion volume provides opportunities for hands-on learning of many methods and concepts. The authors acknowledge funding from various agencies and thank colleagues for their contributions. They also thank reviewers and students for their feedback. The graphics and illustrations were prepared by Michael Turner. The authors thank the editors at Springer-Verlag for their support. The book includes chapters on scale, models, causes of landscape pattern, quantifying landscape pattern, neutral landscape models, landscape disturbance dynamics, organisms and landscape pattern, ecosystem processes, applied landscape ecology, and conclusions and future directions. References and index are provided.