... reviewcharacterization of patterns of habitat withinlandscapes, and population responses, respec-tively, including habitat fragmentation, study ofmetapopulations, and landscape ecology, topicsthat continue ... fundamental concepts of ecological theory and assessment so that theuse of more advanced technical tools is more acceptable, more often sought, and more appro-priately applied. Ultimately, ... habitat relationships fromthe perspective of vegetation ecology and popu-lation biology. In Chapter 3, we have updated and substantially expanded our discussion of theniche as it appeared in the...