Landscape Dynamics Flashcards
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Processes of landscape dynamics
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Erosion, surface water flow, deposition of sediments, disturbances
2
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The Edge Effect
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Elements from adjacent patches blending within a boundary, predators dig this
3
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Area Intensive Species
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Don’t care about living in either the interior or an edge, can do both
4
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Structural Connectivity
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Physical arrangement, how linked patches are eg. corridors
5
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Functional Connectivity
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How landscapes facilitate movement of organisms and their behavioural responses, is landscape/species specific
6
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Negative consequences of corridors
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Spread of disease, ambush site for predators
7
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Metapopulation Theory
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Colonialization and local extinction of local population of a species on the array of patches embedded on the broader landscape
