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Habitat selection in mosaic landscapes

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Mosaic Landscapes and Ecological Processes

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Landscape ecology, with its emphasis on spatial patterns and processes, articulates a pressing need to consider spatial heterogeneity and spatial dynamics in studies of population dynamics, species interactions and evolution (e.g. Turner and Gardner, 1991). A parallel perspective argues that predictive landscape ecology must incorporate evolutionary principles developed in the more traditional ecological disciplines (Morris and Brown, 1992). This chapter attempts to meet both objectives by integrating evolutionary theories of habitat selection with an empirical and applied framework for landscape ecology.

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  1. Department of Wildlife Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7002, S-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden

    Lennart Hansson (Professor of Population Ecology) (Professor of Population Ecology)

  2. Department of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, K1S 5B6, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Lenore Fahrig (Associate Professor of Biology) & Gray Merriam (Professor of Biology) (Associate Professor of Biology) &  (Professor of Biology)

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Morris, D.W. (1995). Habitat selection in mosaic landscapes. In: Hansson, L., Fahrig, L., Merriam, G. (eds) Mosaic Landscapes and Ecological Processes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0717-4_5

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