Spatial Ecology

Author : Robert Fletcher
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030019896
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spatial Ecology and Conservation Modeling written by Robert Fletcher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a foundation for modern applied ecology. Much of current ecology research and conservation addresses problems across landscapes and regions, focusing on spatial patterns and processes. This book is aimed at teaching fundamental concepts and focuses on learning-by-doing through the use of examples with the software R. It is intended to provide an entry-level, easily accessible foundation for students and practitioners interested in spatial ecology and conservation.

Author : David Tilman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069118836X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spatial Ecology written by David Tilman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spatial Ecology addresses the fundamental effects of space on the dynamics of individual species and on the structure, dynamics, diversity, and stability of multispecies communities. Although the ecological world is unavoidably spatial, there have been few attempts to determine how explicit considerations of space may alter the predictions of ecological models, or what insights it may give into the causes of broad-scale ecological patterns. As this book demonstrates, the spatial structure of a habitat can fundamentally alter both the qualitative and quantitative dynamics and outcomes of ecological processes. Spatial Ecology highlights the importance of space to five topical areas: stability, patterns of diversity, invasions, coexistence, and pattern generation. It illustrates both the diversity of approaches used to study spatial ecology and the underlying similarities of these approaches. Over twenty contributors address issues ranging from the persistence of endangered species, to the maintenance of biodiversity, to the dynamics of hosts and their parasitoids, to disease dynamics, multispecies competition, population genetics, and fundamental processes relevant to all these cases. There have been many recent advances in our understanding of the influence of spatially explicit processes on individual species and on multispecies communities. This book synthesizes these advances, shows the limitations of traditional, non-spatial approaches, and offers a variety of new approaches to spatial ecology that should stimulate ecological research.

Author : Frithjof Lutscher
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030292940
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Integrodifference Equations in Spatial Ecology written by Frithjof Lutscher and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first thorough introduction to and comprehensive treatment of the theory and applications of integrodifference equations in spatial ecology. Integrodifference equations are discrete-time continuous-space dynamical systems describing the spatio-temporal dynamics of one or more populations. The book contains step-by-step model construction, explicitly solvable models, abstract theory and numerical recipes for integrodifference equations. The theory in the book is motivated and illustrated by many examples from conservation biology, biological invasions, pattern formation and other areas. In this way, the book conveys the more general message that bringing mathematical approaches and ecological questions together can generate novel insights into applications and fruitful challenges that spur future theoretical developments. The book is suitable for graduate students and experienced researchers in mathematical ecology alike.

Author : Richard E. Plant
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439819130
Total Pages : 651 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spatial Data Analysis in Ecology and Agriculture Using R written by Richard E. Plant and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assuming no prior knowledge of R, Spatial Data Analysis in Ecology and Agriculture Using R provides practical instruction on the use of the R programming language to analyze spatial data arising from research in ecology and agriculture. Written in terms of four data sets easily accessible online, this book guides the reader through the analysis of each data set, including setting research objectives, designing the sampling plan, data quality control, exploratory and confirmatory data analysis, and drawing scientific conclusions. Based on the author’s spatial data analysis course at the University of California, Davis, the book is intended for classroom use or self-study by graduate students and researchers in ecology, geography, and agricultural science with an interest in the analysis of spatial data.

Author : Thorsten Wiegand
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420082558
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Spatial Point-Pattern Analysis in Ecology written by Thorsten Wiegand and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand How to Analyze and Interpret Information in Ecological Point PatternsAlthough numerous statistical methods for analyzing spatial point patterns have been available for several decades, they haven't been extensively applied in an ecological context. Addressing this gap, Handbook of Spatial Point-Pattern Analysis in Ecology shows how the t

Author : Graeme S. Cumming
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400703074
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spatial Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems written by Graeme S. Cumming and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spatial Resilience is a new and exciting area of interdisciplinary research. It focuses on the influence of spatial variation – including such things as spatial location, context, connectivity, and dispersal – on the resilience of complex systems, and on the roles that resilience and self-organization play in generating spatial variation. Prof. Cumming provides a readable introduction and a first comprehensive synthesis covering the core concepts and applications of spatial resilience to the study of social-ecological systems. The book follows a trajectory from concepts through models, methods, and case study analysis before revisiting the central problems in the further conceptual development of the field. In the process, the author ranges from the movements of lions in northern Zimbabwe to the urban jungles of Europe, and from the collapse of past societies to the social impacts of modern conflict. The many case studies and examples discussed in the book show how the concept of spatial resilience can generate valuable insights into the spatial dynamics of social-ecological systems and contribute to solving some of the most pressing problems of our time. Although it has been written primarily for students, this book will provide fascinating reading for interdisciplinary scientists at all career stages as well as for the interested public. "Graeme Cumming, central in the development of resilience thinking and theory, has produced a wonderful book on spatial resilience, the first ever on this topic. The book will become a shining star, a classic in the explosion of new ideas and approaches to studying and understanding social-ecological systems." Carl Folke, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden

Author : Carolyn T. Hunsaker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461302099
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spatial Uncertainty in Ecology written by Carolyn T. Hunsaker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the first books to take an ecological perspective on uncertainty in spatial data. It applies principles and techniques from geography and other disciplines to ecological research, and thus delivers the tools of cartography, cognition, spatial statistics, remote sensing and computer sciences by way of spatial data. After describing the uses of such data in ecological research, the authors discuss how to account for the effects of uncertainty in various methods of analysis.

Author : Raf de Bont
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351750925
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spatializing the History of Ecology written by Raf de Bont and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Knowing Nature, Making Space -- PART I: Crafting Zones and Regions -- 2 Mapping Heimat: Amateur Natural History and Plant Ecology in Imperial Germany -- 3 Life Zones: The Rise and Decline of a Theory of the Geographic Distribution of Species -- 4 A Laboratory for Tropical Ecology: Colonial Models and American Science at Cinchona, Jamaica -- 5 Field Stations and the Problem of Scale: Local, Regional, and Global at the Desert Lab -- 6 Ecology and Rehabilitation: The West Highland Survey, 1944-1955 -- PART II: Modelling Systems -- 7 Ecosystem Simulation as a Practice of Emplacement: The Desert Biome Project, 1970-1974 -- 8 The City as Ecosystem: Paul Duvigneaud and the Ecological Study of Brussels -- PART III: Fashioning Objects of Conservation -- 9 Extinct in the Wild: Finding a Place for the European Bison, 1919-1952 -- 10 Islands and Bioregions: Global Reserve Design Models and the Making of National Parks, 1960-2000 -- 11 Space, Place, Land, and Sea: The "Ecological Discovery" of the Global Wadden Sea -- 12 Epilogue -- Index.

Author : N. Samba Kumar
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811569347
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spatial Dynamics and Ecology of Large Ungulate Populations in Tropical Forests of India written by N. Samba Kumar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large ungulates in tropical forests are among the most threatened taxa of mammals. Excessive hunting, degradation of and encroachments on their natural habitats by humans have contributed to drastic reductions in wild ungulate populations in recent decades. As such, reliable assessments of ungulate-habitat relationships and the spatial dynamics of their populations are urgently needed to provide a scientific basis for conservation efforts. However, such rigorous assessments are methodologically complex and logistically difficult, and consequently many commonly used ungulate population survey methods do not address key problems. As a result of such deficiencies, key parameters related to population distribution, abundance, habitat ecology and management of tropical forest ungulates remain poorly understood. This book addresses this critical knowledge gap by examining how population abundance patterns in five threatened species of large ungulates vary across space in the tropical forests of the Nagarahole-Bandipur reserves in southwestern India. It also explains the development and application of an innovative methodology – spatially explicit line transect sampling – based on an advanced hierarchical modelling under the Bayesian inferential framework, which overcomes common methodological deficiencies in current ungulate surveys. The methods and results presented provide valuable reference material for researchers and professionals involved in studying and managing wild ungulate populations around the globe.

Author : Martin Wegmann
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784270245
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remote Sensing and GIS for Ecologists written by Martin Wegmann and published by Pelagic Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about how ecologists can integrate remote sensing and GIS in their daily work. It will allow ecologists to get started with the application of remote sensing and to understand its potential and limitations. Using practical examples, the book covers all necessary steps from planning field campaigns to deriving ecologically relevant information through remote sensing and modelling of species distributions. All practical examples in this book rely on OpenSource software and freely available data sets. Quantum GIS (QGIS) is introduced for basic GIS data handling, and in-depth spatial analytics and statistics are conducted with the software packages R and GRASS. Readers will learn how to apply remote sensing within ecological research projects, how to approach spatial data sampling and how to interpret remote sensing derived products. The authors discuss a wide range of statistical analyses with regard to satellite data as well as specialised topics such as time-series analysis. Extended scripts on how to create professional looking maps and graphics are also provided. This book is a valuable resource for students and scientists in the fields of conservation and ecology interested in learning how to get started in applying remote sensing in ecological research and conservation planning.