Sebastian Hoechstetter Enhanced methods for analysing landscape structure Landscape metrics for characterising three-dimensional patterns and ecological gradients Band 6 der Reihe „Fernerkundung und angewandte Geoinformatik“. Herausgegeben von Univ. Prof. Dr. habil. Elmar Csaplovics, Lehrstuhl Remote Sensing, FR Geowissenschaften, TU Dresden 180 Seiten. Format B5. Broschur. Zahlreiche Abbildungen, 3 davon farbig. Preis: 32,80 Euro. (Sprache: Englisch) ISBN 978-3-941216-13-6. Rhombos-Verlag, Berlin 2009 One of the central goals of landscape ecology is relating spatial patterns to ecological processes. Therefore, effective methods for measuring landscape structure are needed. One of the most widely used approaches in this context is the patch-corridor-matrix model, which regards landscapes as being mosaics made up of different units or elements. But this concept is connected with a number of problems. For example, the third spatial dimension (elevation) and ecological gradients are largely neglected and cannot be analysed using standard landscape metrics. In this research study, these deficiencies are dealt with in detail and possible methodical solutions are presented. This way, this work is meant to contribute to an improved concept of landscape structure analysis in order to meet the challenges posed by the complexity of landscape ecological problems. It addresses the needs of both scientists and practitioners in this field.weiterlesen