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31 - Landscape ecology in land-use planning

from PART VI - Cultural perspectives and landscape planning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2009

By
Rob H. G. Jongman
Edited by
John A. Wiens  and
Michael R. Moss
Rob H. G. Jongman
Affiliation:
Alterra Green World Research Wageningen University Netherlands
John A. Wiens
Affiliation:
The Nature Conservancy, Washington DC
Michael R. Moss
Affiliation:
University of Guelph, Ontario
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Summary

When you see the geese fly south or you suddenly get a glimpse of a badger, you do not easily realize that they have a target to go for. The geese fly south to migrate from their breeding grounds in the north of Europe, Asia, or America to their winter biotope. The badger goes along his usual route for foraging. Common toads migrate in large groups from their hibernation shelter to the water, where they have been born, to deposit their eggs. Salmon try to find their way up the streams to their spawning grounds. Storks return to their nests from Africa just like people return home from their holidays. It sounds very human, for in this behavior there is not much difference between wild species and mankind. As long as the migration routes are available and without too much danger for the species, we do not notice it, because they come and go. The birds fly over, the badger passes in the night just like the toads, and the only thing most people notice are the toad eggs in the water and the stork when it has returned to its nest.

Under the influence of changes in human food demands, caused by demographic trends, the cultivated area of North America and Europe has shown considerable fluctuations. Agricultural areas move from one region to another, forests are removed in one part of the world and forests of exotic species are planted elsewhere.

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Issues and Perspectives in Landscape Ecology , pp. 316 - 328
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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