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Chapter 1 - Introduction Part I - Landscape change: an overview Chapter 2 - How landscapes change Chapter 3 - How landsape change affects organisms: a conceptual framework Part II - The species perspective: key processes affecting individual species Chapter 4 - Habitat loss Chapter 5 - Habitat degradation Chapter 6 - Habitat subdivision and habitat isolation Chapter 7 - Changes in the behavior, biology, and interactions of species Chapter 8 - Synthesis: threatening processes for species in modified landscape Part III - The huamn perspective: landscape patterns and species assemblages Chapter 9 - Land cover change and patch sizes Chapter 10 - Deterioration of vegetation and the physical environment Chapter 11 - Edge Effects Chapter 12 - Landscape connectivity Chapter 13 - Nestedness and community assembly Chapter 14 - The matrix and landscape heterogeneity Chapter 15 - Synthesis: cascaning effects of landscape change Part IV - Studying species and assemblages in modified landscape Chapter 16 - Field-based approaches to studying species and assemblages in modified landscape Chapter 17 - Desktop approaches to studying species and assemblages in modified landscape Part V - Mitigating the negative effects of landscape change on species and assemblages Chapter 18 - Managing landscape pattern to mitigate the decline of species and assemblages Chapter 19 - Managing individual species and ecological proceses ro mitigate the decline of species and assemblage Chapter 20 - Guiding principles for mitigating the decline of species and assemblages of species Part VI - Synthesis Chapter 21 - Synthesis, conclusions and prioroties for the future