INTRODUCTION TO EXPERIMENTAL GEOECOLOGY: RESULTS OF A SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY

Abstract

The article presents the author’s concept of experimental geographical ecology and describes its core—landscape ecology—as well as the author’s empirical–statistical models and derived ecological–geographical concepts, which reveal the mechanisms by which landscape–ecological systems form at the regional and local levels, their natural and anthropogenic dynamics, and evolutionary trends. Landscape–ecological analysis is carried out with specific examples involving a large body of factual material and applying methods that empirically imitate calculated forecasted situations.