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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankLarge-ScaleLandscapeExperimentsLandscapechangeandhabitatfragmentationarekeyfactorsimpactingbiodiver-sityworldwide.Theseprocesseshavemanyfacets,eachofwhichisusuallystudiedinisolation.TheTumutFragmentationStudyhasrunfor13yearsandhasyieldedextensivedataonchangesinbothpla
2、ntandanimalpopulationsinareasofnativeforestandpineplantation.Itisuniqueinthewaythatmanydifferentfactorsandprocessesinfluencingawiderangeofspeciesgroupshavebeenstudiedinasinglelarge-scalenaturalexperiment.Writingforacademicresearchers,professionalsandgraduatestudents,DavidB.LindenmayerusestheTumutF
3、ragmentationStudyandotherrelevantresearchtoprovideanoverviewoftherelationshipsbetweenlandscapechange,habitatfragmentation,andbio-diversityconservation.Hedetailsthebackgroundecologyoflandscapechangeandhabitatfragmentation,theexperimentaldesignunderpinningtheestablish-mentofthelarge-scalenaturalexpe
4、riment,theimplementationof,andresultsfrom,anarrayofkeyandstronglycontrastingresearchprogrammesoverthepast13years.Keylessonsaredrawnonthroughoutthebookonthedesignandimplementationoflarge-scaleecologicalstudies,biodiversityconservationinfragmentedlandscapesandthemanagementofplantationlandscapesforen
5、hancednatureconservation.Thebookhighlightshowimportantnewinsightscanbegeneratedfromintegratingdemographic,geneticandmodellingresearch.davidb.lindenmayerisProfessorofConservationScienceandEcologyintheFennerSchoolofEnvironmentandSocietyatTheAustralianNationalUniversity,Canberra.ECOLOGY,BIODIVERSITYA
6、NDCONSERVATIONSeriesEditorsMichaelUsherUniversityofStirling,andformerlyScottishNaturalHeritageDenisSaundersFormerlyCSIRODivisionofSustainableEcosystems,CanberraRobertPeetUniversityofNorthCarolina,ChapelHillAndrewDobsonPrincetonUniversityEditorialBoardPaulAdamUniversityofNewSouthWales,AustraliaH.J.
7、B.BirksUniversityofBergen,NorwayLenaGustafssonSwedishUniversityofAgriculturalScienceJeffMcNeelyInternationalUnionfortheConservationofNatureR.T.PaineUniversityofWashingtonDavidRichardsonUniversityofCapeTownJeremyW