In response to the continuum model for fauna research: a hierarchical, patch-based model of habitat fragmentation

Models of nature are implicitly influenced by the scale of observation of the processes on which they are founded. The continuum model and the hierarchical patch-based model are two alternate approaches for the spatial modelling of fauna distribution. The continuum model aggregates continuous approx...

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Main Authors: Majer, Jonathan, Dunn, Adam
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27872
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description Models of nature are implicitly influenced by the scale of observation of the processes on which they are founded. The continuum model and the hierarchical patch-based model are two alternate approaches for the spatial modelling of fauna distribution. The continuum model aggregates continuous approximations to individual landscape characteristics, whereas the hierarchical patch-based model constructs a hierarchy in which classifications of landscape characteristics describe an interconnected series of patches. We propose the hierarchical patch-based theory for models of population distributions and landscapes in which the spatial patterns can be effectively represented by mosaics at the variety of levels within the set of individual process models.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-278722017-09-13T15:52:51Z In response to the continuum model for fauna research: a hierarchical, patch-based model of habitat fragmentation Majer, Jonathan Dunn, Adam Models of nature are implicitly influenced by the scale of observation of the processes on which they are founded. The continuum model and the hierarchical patch-based model are two alternate approaches for the spatial modelling of fauna distribution. The continuum model aggregates continuous approximations to individual landscape characteristics, whereas the hierarchical patch-based model constructs a hierarchy in which classifications of landscape characteristics describe an interconnected series of patches. We propose the hierarchical patch-based theory for models of population distributions and landscapes in which the spatial patterns can be effectively represented by mosaics at the variety of levels within the set of individual process models. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27872 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15931.x restricted
spellingShingle Majer, Jonathan
Dunn, Adam
In response to the continuum model for fauna research: a hierarchical, patch-based model of habitat fragmentation
title In response to the continuum model for fauna research: a hierarchical, patch-based model of habitat fragmentation
title_full In response to the continuum model for fauna research: a hierarchical, patch-based model of habitat fragmentation
title_fullStr In response to the continuum model for fauna research: a hierarchical, patch-based model of habitat fragmentation
title_full_unstemmed In response to the continuum model for fauna research: a hierarchical, patch-based model of habitat fragmentation
title_short In response to the continuum model for fauna research: a hierarchical, patch-based model of habitat fragmentation
title_sort in response to the continuum model for fauna research: a hierarchical, patch-based model of habitat fragmentation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27872