Spatial Optimization in Ecological Applications /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Columbia University Press,
[2002]
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Colección: | Complexity in Ecological Systems
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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