Geo Spatial Analysis Of Forest Landscape For Wildlife Management

Author : Mrinmay Mandal,Nilanjana Das Chatterjee
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031336065

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Geo-Spatial Analysis of Forest Landscape for Wildlife Management by Mrinmay Mandal,Nilanjana Das Chatterjee Pdf

This book presents research on landscape ecology and the relationship between humans and wildlife. It helps readers understand how ecological patterns and processes are interconnected. This research illustrates and proposes (practicable) management strategies toward long-term ecological restoration and mitigation of consequences of conflict. Increasing wildlife activities in localities and forest fringes are an alarming issue. Ecological processes like movement, colonization, extinction and conflict issues depend on the landscape and ecological activities, the movement for example of migratory elephants and their colonization not only affects society but the wildlife and biodiversity too. Strategic management measures can contribute to enriching the biodiversity, habitat quality as well as landscape, while minimizing human-wildlife conflicts. This book describes landscape ecological patterns and processes, habitat dominancy, habitat dependency, suitability, connectivity and corridor selection. To synthesize these patterns and processes, several ecological indices are used. Use of geo-spatial techniques improves future management strategies for similar circumstances, especially, related to forest regeneration and forest restoration. This book provides a concise overview to a wide range of readers including postgraduate students, researcher, academics, landscape planners, decision makers and even local populations. The techniques and management strategies described should help planners to improve forest management, by implementing quality enhancement programs such as plantation area selection and corridor selection.

Author : Mrinmay Mandal
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Landscape Ecology-A Brief Concept, Scale and Analysis by Mrinmay Mandal Pdf

The book "Landscape Ecology Brief Concept, Scale, and Analysis" is thoughtfully crafted to cater to both beginners and scholars, facilitating an easy grasp of the recently emerged discipline of 'Landscape Ecology.' The book briefly covers the fundamental concepts, scaling processes, and pattern analysis of landscapes from an ecological perspective. The chapters are seamlessly organized to provide a logical flow of information. Throughout the book, simple illustrations and reliable graphical examples enhance understanding. The text is rich with information and draws examples from local environments, particularly focusing on forestry and elephants in southwest Bengal, aligning with the author's professional interests. Serving as a synthesis of both concepts and applications in landscape ecology, I anticipate that this book will enhance and also contribute to the development of knowledge and perceptual ideas for students and researchers interested in Landscape Ecology.

Author : Peter B. Landres
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Geographic information systems
ISBN : MINN:31951D03000031K

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GIS Applications to Wilderness Management by Peter B. Landres Pdf

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are increasingly being used in all areas of natural resource management. This paper first presents a brief primer on GIS, and then discusses potential applications of GIS to wilderness management in the areas of inventorying, monitoring, analysis, planning, and communication. Outlined are the limitations and pitfalls that could compromise the effectiveness of a wilderness GIS, and several suggestions are included for improving the chances of successfully using GIS in wilderness management.

Author : Steven E. Franklin
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780071626279

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Remote Sensing for Biodiversity and Wildlife Management: Synthesis and Applications by Steven E. Franklin Pdf

The Latest Advances in Remote Sensing for Biodiversity This state-of-the-art volume provides fundamental information on and practical applications of remote sensing technologies in wildlife management, habitat studies, and biodiversity assessment and monitoring. The book reviews image analysis, interpretation techniques, and key geospatial tools, including field-based, aerial, and satellite remote sensing, GIS, GPS, and spatial modeling. Remote Sensing for Biodiversity and Wildlife Management emphasizes transdisciplinary collaboration, technological innovations, and new applications in this emerging field. Landmark case studies and illustrative examples of best practices in biodiversity and wildlife management remote sensing at multiple scales are featured in this pioneering work. COVERAGE INCLUDES: Management information requirements Geospatial data collection and processing Thermal, passive and active microwave, and passive and active optical sensing Integrated remote sensing, GIS, GPS, and spatial models Remote sensing of ecosystem process and structure Proven methods for acquiring, interpreting, and analyzing remotely sensed data Habitat suitability and quality analysis Mapping anthropogenic disturbances and modeling species distribution Biodiversity indicators, including species richness mapping and productivity modeling Habitat quality and dynamics Indicators and processes Invasive alien species Species prediction models Food and resources Biodiversity monitoring Fragmentation and spatial heterogeneity

Author : Jeffrey K. Keller,Charles R. Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319096087

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Improving GIS-based Wildlife-Habitat Analysis by Jeffrey K. Keller,Charles R. Smith Pdf

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide a powerful tool for the investigation of species-habitat relationships and the development of wildlife management and conservation programs. However, the relative ease of data manipulation and analysis using GIS, associated landscape metrics packages, and sophisticated statistical tests may sometimes cause investigators to overlook important species-habitat functional relationships. Additionally, underlying assumptions of the study design or technology may have unrecognized consequences. This volume examines how initial researcher choices of image resolution, scale(s) of analysis, response and explanatory variables, and location and area of samples can influence analysis results, interpretation, predictive capability, and study-derived management prescriptions. Overall, most studies in this realm employ relatively low resolution imagery that allows neither identification nor accurate classification of habitat components. Additionally, the landscape metrics typically employed do not adequately quantify component spatial arrangement associated with species occupation. To address this latter issue, the authors introduce two novel landscape metrics that measure the functional size and location in the landscape of taxon-specific ‘solid’ and ‘edge’ habitat types. Keller and Smith conclude that investigators conducting GIS-based analyses of species-habitat relationships should more carefully 1) match the resolution of remotely sensed imagery to the scale of habitat functional relationships of the focal taxon, 2) identify attributes (explanatory variables) of habitat architecture, size, configuration, quality, and context that reflect the way the focal taxon uses the subset of the landscape it occupies, and 3) match the location and scale of habitat samples, whether GIS- or ground-based, to corresponding species’ detection locations and scales of habitat use.

Author : Nancy Hoalst-Pullen,Mark W. Patterson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789048195251

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Geospatial Technologies in Environmental Management by Nancy Hoalst-Pullen,Mark W. Patterson Pdf

Geotechnologies and the Environment: Environmental Applications and Mana- ment presents an engaging and diverse array of physically-oriented GIScience applications that have been organized using four broad themes. While the book’s themes are by no means mutually exclusive, Hoalst-Pullen and Patterson provide an elegant overview of the eld that frames the collection’s subsequent thematic str- ture – Wilderness and Wildlife Response; Glaciers; Wetlands and Watersheds; and Human Health and the Environment. Over the course of the volume, the contrib- ing authors move beyond basic (and in some respects clichéd) landscape ecology of land use change to explore human-environment dynamics heretofore not emp- sized in the applied literature. In doing so, the collection presents a compelling case for the importance of developing new physically-oriented GIScience applications that reside at the nexus of social and natural systems with the explicit intent of informing public policy and/or the decision making practices of resource managers. Individually, the chapters themselves are intentionally diverse. The diversity of the approaches, their spatial context, and emphases on management applications demonstrate the many ways in which geotechnologies can be used to address small and big problems in both developed and developing regions. The collection’s int- nal coherence is derived – like the book series – from its explicit appeal to a wide variety of human-environment interactions with potential policy linkages.

Author : Nancy M. Diaz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN : MINN:31951D021179633

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Forest Landscape Analysis and Design by Nancy M. Diaz Pdf

Author : Jeffrey M. Klopatek,Robert H. Gardner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461205296

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Landscape Ecological Analysis by Jeffrey M. Klopatek,Robert H. Gardner Pdf

Growth in the field of landscape ecology has included the development of methods and results that can be applied to an impressive range of environmental issues. This book addresses a broad spectrum of political, theoretical and applied aspects that often arise in the design and execution of landscape studies. The concepts of geographical scale and hierarchy arising within the confines of landscape ecology are examined, and a series of techniques are presented to address problems in spatial and temporal analysis. This book will provide the reader with a current perspective on this rapidly evolving science.

Author : Kevin McGarigal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : FRAGSTATS.
ISBN : MINN:31951D02889120O

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FRAGSTATS by Kevin McGarigal Pdf

Author : Terry L. Gokee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Forest management
ISBN : MINN:31951D02986848I

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Analysis of Standards and Guidelines in a Geographic Information System Using Existing Resource Data by Terry L. Gokee Pdf

Author : Pete Bettinger,Michael G. Wing
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114010403

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Geographic Information Systems by Pete Bettinger,Michael G. Wing Pdf

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Author : Samuel A. Cushman,Falk Huettmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431877714

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Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation by Samuel A. Cushman,Falk Huettmann Pdf

As Earth faces the greatest mass extinction in 65 million years, the present is a moment of tremendous foment and emergence in ecological science. With leaps in advances in ecological research and the technical tools available, scientists face the critical task of challenging policymakers and the public to recognize the urgency of our global crisis. This book focuses directly on the interplay between theory, data, and analytical methodology in the rapidly evolving fields of animal ecology, conservation, and management. The mixture of topics of particular current relevance includes landscape ecology, remote sensing, spatial modeling, geostatistics, genomics, and ecological informatics. The greatest interest to the practicing scientist and graduate student will be the synthesis and integration of these topics to provide a composite view of the emerging field of spatial ecological informatics and its applications in research and management.

Author : John D. Bossler,James B. Campbell,Robert B. McMaster,Chris Rizos
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1420087347

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Manual of Geospatial Science and Technology by John D. Bossler,James B. Campbell,Robert B. McMaster,Chris Rizos Pdf

Following in the tradition of its popular predecessor, the Manual of Geospatial Science and Technology, Second Edition continues to be the authoritative volume that covers all aspects of the field, both basic and applied, and includes a focus on initiating, planning, and managing GIS projects. This comprehensive resource, which contains contributio

Author : Helder Viana,Francisco Antonio García-Morote
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781789230369

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New Perspectives in Forest Science by Helder Viana,Francisco Antonio García-Morote Pdf

Forest management should allow the sustainable use of forests. This is only possible through solid knowledge in the disciplines that forest science encompasses. The readers of New Perspectives in Forest Science have an excellent source of information on actual trends of forest research and knowledge about the use of forest and landscape. This book has been written by specialists focusing on the following aspects of forest science: C cycle, biomass, forest restoration, forest resources and biodiversity. The authors of this book are of different nationalities and specialties, thus providing diverse perspectives on the subject of forestry. We hope that the chapters of this book can serve both students and researchers, as excellent guides to improve their knowledge on forest science.

Author : Chandra Shekhar Jha,Ashish Pandey,V.M. Chowdary,Vijay Singh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030989811

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Geospatial Technologies for Resources Planning and Management by Chandra Shekhar Jha,Ashish Pandey,V.M. Chowdary,Vijay Singh Pdf

This book focuses on the application of geospatial technologies for resource planning and management for the key natural resources, e.g. water, agriculture and forest as well as the decision support system (DSS) for infrastructure development. We have seen in the past four decades that the growing complexities of sustainable management of natural resources management have been very challenging. The book has been written to leverage the current geospatial technologies that integrate the remotely sensed data available from various platforms, the precise locational data providing geospatial intelligence, and the advanced integration tools of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Geospatial technologies have been used for water resources management employing geomorphological characteristics, analysis of river migration pattern, understanding the large-scale hydrological process, wet land classification and monitoring, analysis of glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), assessment of environmental flow and soil erosion studies, water quality modelling and assessment and rejuvenation of paleochannels through groundwater recharge. Geospatial technologies have been applied for crop classification and mapping, soil moisture determination using RISAT-1 C-band and PALSAR-2 L-band sensors, inventory of horticulture plantations, management of citrus orchards, crop yield forecasting, rice yield estimation, estimation of evapotranspiration and its evaluation against lysimeter and satellite-based evapotranspiration product for India to address the various issues of the agricultural system management. Geospatial technologies have been used for generation of digital elevation model, urban dynamics assessment, mobile GIS application at grass root level planning, cadastral level developmental planning and e-governance applications, system dynamics for sustainable development, micro-level water resources planning, site suitability for sewage treatment plant, traffic density assessment, geographical indications of India, archaeological applications and disasters interventions to elaborate various issues of DSS for infrastructure development and management. Geospatial technologies have been employed for the generation and reconciliation of the notified forest land boundaries, and also the land cover changes analysis within notified forest areas, forest resource assessment, management and monitoring and wildlife conservation and management. This book aims to present high-quality technical case studies representing the recent developments in the “application of geospatial technologies for resource planning and management”. The editors hope that this book will serve as a valuable resource for scientists and researchers to plan and manage land and water resources sustainably.