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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Hof, John G. (Author), Bevers, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]
Series:Complexity in ecological systems series.
Subjects:
Spatial ecology > Mathematical models.
Écologie spatiale > Modèles mathématiques.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 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
  • 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
  • 11. Strategies for controlling exotic pests
  • 12. Strategies for controlling wildfire
  • 13. Multiscaled ecological limiting factors
  • 14. Carbon fixation in trees as an optimization process
  • 15. Postscript.

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