On 27-May-13, at 2:11 PM, malcolm McCallum wrote:
In Europe, landscape ecology rose out of landscape architecture.
In Americas, it rose out of natural resources.
In fact, it is probably better to refer to as spatial ecology, since
90% of what this field encompasses is really spatial analysis using
GIS.
Maybe this thread is getting bare, but I had to respond to this
drastic over-simplification. Landscape ecology does many things, and
addresses both space and time. Some landscape ecologists use GIS a
lot, wheras others (e.g., me) rarely do so. A good sample of topics
can be found by browsing the program from the last meeting of US-IALE
(International Association for Landscape Ecology)
http://www.usiale.org/austin2013/
An especially erudite view of landscape ecology (IMO) is given in
Allen and Hoekstra's book "Toward a Unified Ecology", in a chapter
about the "landscape criterion".
Don McKenzie
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Chris Buddenhagen
<[email protected]> wrote:
Not so sure about this etymology - it looks like it might come from
dutch/old english. Plus taking a look at it sounds like the scape
suffix is
more akin to ship, as in penmanship, relationship, dealership....
landscape (n.)<http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?
term=landscape&allowed_in_frame=0>
[image:
Look up landscape at
Dictionary.com]<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=landscape>
c.1600,
"painting representing natural scenery," from Dutch landschap,
from Middle
Dutch landscap "region," from land "land" (see
land<http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?
term=land&allowed_in_frame=0>)
+ -scap "-ship, condition" (see
-ship<http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=-
ship&allowed_in_frame=0>).
Originally introduced as a painters' term. Old English had cognate
landscipe,
and cf. Old High German lantscaf, German Landschaft, Old Norse
landskapr.
Meaning "tract of land with its distinguishing characteristics" is
from
1886.
Chris Buddenhagen
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