Spatial Optimization in Ecological Applications /

Spatial Optimization in Ecological Applications / / John Hof, Michael Bevers.

Whether discussing habitat placement for the northern spotted owl or black-tailed prairie dog or strategies for controlling exotic pests, this book explains how capturing ecological relationships across a landscape with pragmatic optimization models can be applied to real world problems. Using linea...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Hof, John,
Bevers, Michael,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2002]
©2002
Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
Series:Complexity in Ecological Systems
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Physical Description:1 online resource (520 p.) :; 55 line art, 16 color
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • PART I. SIMPLE PROXIMITY RELATIONSHIPS
  • 2 SEDIMENTATION
  • 3 STORMFLOW MANAGEMENT
  • 4 NATURAL REGENERATION IN ANY-AGED FOREST MANAGEMENT
  • 5 COMBINING SIMULATION WITH OPTIMIZATION: HABITAT PLACEMENT FOR THE NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL
  • PART II. REACTION-DIFFUSION MODELS
  • 6 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISCRETE REACTION-DIFFUSION MODEL
  • 7 THE BASIC MODEL: HABITAT PLACEMENT FOR THE BLACK-FOOTED FERRET
  • 8 POPULATION-DEPENDENT DISPERSAL: HABITAT PLACEMENT FOR THE BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG
  • 9 TOPOGRAPHY-BASED DISPERSAL: HABITAT LOCATION FOR THE WESTERN PRAIRIE FRINGED ORCHID
  • 10 HABITAT EDGE EFFECTS
  • PART III. CONTROL MODELS
  • 11 STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING EXOTIC PESTS
  • 12 STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING WILDFIRE
  • PART IV. USING OPTIMIZATION TO DEVELOP HYPOTHESES ABOUT ECOSYSTEMS
  • 13 MULTISCALED ECOLOGICAL LIMITING FACTORS
  • 14 CARBON FIXATION IN TREES AS AN OPTIMIZATION PROCESS
  • 15 POSTSCRIPT
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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