Almo Farina is Professor of Ecology at the Urbino University, Faculty of Environmental Sciences (Urbino, Italy).

From the reviews of the second edition "The second edition of Almo Farina's 'Principles and Methods in Landscape Ecology' gives a comprehensive, clearly structured and easily readable up-to-date overview on theories, concepts, principles and specific methods in modern landscape ecology. ... The whole book is well illustrated and contains numerous instructive tables, graphs and figures as well as a couple of colour photos. ... It is highly recommended not only to undergraduate and graduate students but also to everyone interested in landscape perspectives from an ecological point of view."(Norbert Holzel, Phytocoenologia, Vol. 38 (4), December, 2008)

• to landscape ecology.- Theories and models incorporated in the landscape ecology framework.- Scaling patterns and processes across landscapes.- Emerging processes in the landscape.- Emerging patterns in the landscape.- Principles of landscape dynamics.- Principles for landscape conservation, management and design.- Methods in landscape ecology.