Smith.Sarah_the land unit- a fundamental concept in landscape ecology, and its applications.

A land unit, better known as an ecotope is a single homogenous unit of the landscape system. In a land unit survey, there are many components such as soils, vegetation, land form, and other attributes. In this article it states that a "land unit" is the central concept of landscape ecology.

I found it interesting that this article spoke how geographers and landscape ecologist study the landscape as a whole, and don't emphasize on one certain are or attribute. I find that landscape architects tend to focus on the fine details much more, as well as viewing the landscape as a whole. We tend to break the landscape down into smaller parts, and those parts are broken down even further.