Landscape Ecology And Geographical Information Systems

Author : R Haines-Young,David R. Green,S. H. Cousins
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780203393031

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Landscape Ecology And Geographical Information Systems by R Haines-Young,David R. Green,S. H. Cousins Pdf

The landscape we see and live in is an important part or our everyday lives, be they urban or rural. Environmental concern has grown in recent years, as a result of public awareness of the detrimental impact industry, transport and tourism can have on the ecosystem. This book examines the role of the new technologies of geographical information systems and remote sensing as media for the study of landscape, as they provide tools of unprecedented power which collect, store, manipulate and analyze data so as to support and assist the decisions which the environmental scientist, ecologist, zoologist and botanist make.; "Landscape Ecology and Geographical Information Systems" is international in scope, provides an overview of operational applications, and offers experiences in the form of case studies of applications to vegetation, animals, and hydrology. The book is organized into four sections. It - provides an overview of the uses of GIS and RSS in landscape ecology; debates conceptual issues such applications throw up; considers analytical techniques and technical issues; and offers experiences in the form of Case Studies On Plant, Abiotic And Animal Landscape Ecology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:637607177

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Author : Roy Haines-Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:635723513

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Author : Ricardo D Lopez,Robert C Frohn
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781498754392

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Remote Sensing for Landscape Ecology: New Metric Indicators by Ricardo D Lopez,Robert C Frohn Pdf

This book provides the practical basis for the use of remote sensing to accomplish landscape ecological projects, through the merging of theory and practice, with examples. This is a specialized application and both these topics have evolved rapidly in the past decade. This evolution is not in the previous edition, and indeed this update provides much new information and valuable ideas for the professional and assist in directing the training of new personnel. The new edition will feature a combination of landscape ecology metrics, quantitative field measurements, and geospatial analyses.

Author : Robert C. Frohn
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997-12-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1566702755

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Remote Sensing for Landscape Ecology by Robert C. Frohn Pdf

Landscape ecology is a rapidly growing science of quantifying the ways in which ecosystems interact - of establishing a link between activities in one region and repercussions in another region. Remote sensing is a fast, inexpensive tool for conducting the landscape inventories that are essential to this branch of science. However, anyone who has conducted studies in the field has already found that traditional landscape ecology metrics are not always reliable with remote images. Landscape Ecology: New Metric Indicators for Monitoring, Modeling, and Assessment of Ecosystems with Remote Sensing presents a new set of metrics that allows remotely sensed data to be used effectively in landscape ecology. This groundbreaking new work is the first to present new metrics for remote sensing of landscapes and demonstrate how they can be used to yield more accurate analyses for GIS studies. The new metrics expand the capabilities of GIS, reduce interference and incorrect readings, help ecologists better understand ecosystem relationships, and reduce study costs. This set of metrics should be adopted by the EPA and will be the standard measure for future landscape analysis. This authoritative guide assesses the current state of the field and how remote sensing and landscape metrics have been used to date. It also explains how some of the traditional metrics were developed and how they can fail in landscape studies. Once this background has been established, the new metrics are introduced and their benefits and uses explained. The information in this book has previously been available only in scattered journal articles; this is the first single source for complete background information and instructions on using the new metrics.

Author : Richard Wadsworth,Jo Treweek
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Ecology
ISBN : MINN:31951D019219774

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GIS for Ecology by Richard Wadsworth,Jo Treweek Pdf

A straight-forward introduction to the fundamental principles of GIS, this text focuses on data acquisition, handling and analysis. It contains checklists and bullet points, and draws on the experiences of ecologists who have learned how to use GIS.

Author : Ricardo D Lopez,Robert C Frohn
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351648752

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Remote Sensing for Landscape Ecology: New Metric Indicators by Ricardo D Lopez,Robert C Frohn Pdf

This book provides the practical basis for the use of remote sensing to accomplish landscape ecological projects, through the merging of theory and practice, with examples. This is a specialized application and both these topics have evolved rapidly in the past decade. This evolution is not in the previous edition, and indeed this update provides much new information and valuable ideas for the professional and assist in directing the training of new personnel. The new edition will feature a combination of landscape ecology metrics, quantitative field measurements, and geospatial analyses.

Author : Carolyn T. Hunsaker,Michael F. Goodchild,Mark A. Friedl,Ted J. Case
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461302094

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Spatial Uncertainty in Ecology by Carolyn T. Hunsaker,Michael F. Goodchild,Mark A. Friedl,Ted J. Case Pdf

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 : Andrew C. Millington,Stephen J. Walsh,Patrick E. Osborne
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461515234

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GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Biogeography and Ecology by Andrew C. Millington,Stephen J. Walsh,Patrick E. Osborne Pdf

In recent years, the conservation of tropical forests has received worldwide publicity whereas effective forest management, particularly for timber extraction, has attracted little attention and gained some notoriety. The overall aim of the present paper was to examine how environmental micro-variation in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve of Belize can influence species distribution and thereby inform management strategy. The paper deals first with the background to forest management in Belize, then considers the methodology used in the present study and fin~~ly assesses the preliminary results. The specific objectives are: (1) to assess the effects of changing scale on the variability of selected individual soil properties in forest plots within the same vegetation class; and (2) to examine the variation in soil properties and tree species distribution, and to integrate environmental and ecological data over a range of scales. BACKGROUND Whereas the global and regional distribution of tropical forests is broadly governed by climatic and altitudinal variation, individual forest tracts need to consider a range of other, locally important factors to explain species distribution and change. With very high species diversity, tropical forests present a major challenge in the attempt to unravel controlling factors in distribution and growth (Swaine et aI. 1987). Research that attempts to explain diversity has looked at species distribution according to a range of factors, with a general recognition that soil fertility plays a significant if ill defined role (Swaine 1996).

Author : Michael F. Goodchild,Dale A. Quattrochi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351417617

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Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS by Michael F. Goodchild,Dale A. Quattrochi Pdf

The recent emergence and widespread use of remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) has prompted new interest in scale as a key component of these and other geographic information technologies. With a balanced mixture of concepts, practical examples, techniques, and theory, Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS is a guide for students and users of remote sensing and GIS who must deal with the issues raised by multiple temporal and spatial scales. Sixteen pages of full-color photographs help demonstrate key points made in the text.

Author : Stephen J. Walsh,Kelley A. Crews-Meyer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461509851

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Linking People, Place, and Policy by Stephen J. Walsh,Kelley A. Crews-Meyer Pdf

Linking People, Place, and Policy: A GIScience Approach describes a breadth of research associated with the study of human-environment interactions, with particular emphasis on land use and land cover dynamics. This book examines the social, biophysical, and geographical drivers of land use and land cover patterns and their dynamics, which are interpreted within a policy-relevant context. Concepts, tools, and techniques within Geographic Information Science serve as the unifying methodological framework in which landscapes in Thailand, Ecuador, Kenya, Cambodia, China, Brazil, Nepal, and the United States are examined through analyses conducted using quantitative, qualitative, and image-based techniques. Linking People, Place, and Policy: A GIScience Approach addresses a need for a comprehensive and rigorous treatment of GIScience for research and study within the context of human-environment interactions. The human dimensions research community, land use and land cover change programs, and human and landscape ecology communities, among others, are collectively viewing the landscape within a spatially-explicit perspective, where people are viewed as agents of landscape change that shape and are shaped by the landscape, and where landscape form and function are assessed within a space-time context. This book articulates some of these challenges and opportunities.

Author : Andrzej Affek,Marek Degórski,Jacek Wolski,Jerzy Solon,Anna Kowalska,Ewa Roo-Zielinska,Bozenna Grabinska,Boguslawa Kruczkowska
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128161357

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Ecosystem Service Potentials and Their Indicators in Postglacial Landscapes by Andrzej Affek,Marek Degórski,Jacek Wolski,Jerzy Solon,Anna Kowalska,Ewa Roo-Zielinska,Bozenna Grabinska,Boguslawa Kruczkowska Pdf

Ecosystem Service Potentials and Their Indicators in Postglacial Landscapes: Assessment and Mapping provides valuable guidance for anyone involved with ecosystem service potential monitoring, use and management—from landscape ecologists and environmental managers, to policymakers and environmental economists. The book highlights effective measurement tools for evaluating the overall potential of ecosystem services from multiple perspectives. Beginning with an introduction to ecosystem services and the theoretical assumptions and objectives associated with their assessment, the book goes on to outline interdisciplinary methods of evaluation and analysis that are fully supported and illustrated throughout using an insightful case study focused on Wigry National Park. A range of different spatial reference units are also discussed, followed by chapters on both analytical and synthetic approaches to identifying service supply potential. In addition, the use of services and the impact of these uses on the assessment of potential is included, along with a discussion of the future shape of ecosystem service assessment. Outlines a transdisciplinary, holistic approach to assessing the overall potential of ecosystems and landscapes to support different ecosystem services Proposes a range of direct, indirect, simple and complex measurement indicators for multifaceted estimation and mapping Presents tools and guidelines to help shape effective decision-making processes in nature conservation and environmental planning

Author : Jeffrey M. Klopatek,Robert H. Gardner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 49,5 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 : Michael F. Goodchild,Louis T. Steyaert,Bradley O. Parks,Carol Johnston,David Maidment,Michael Crane,Sandi Glendinning
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1996-09-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0470236779

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GIS and Environmental Modeling by Michael F. Goodchild,Louis T. Steyaert,Bradley O. Parks,Carol Johnston,David Maidment,Michael Crane,Sandi Glendinning Pdf

GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues Michael F. Goodchild, Louis T. Steyaert, Bradley O. Parks, Carol Johnston, David Maidment, Michael Crane, and Sandi Glendinning, Editors With growing pressure on natural resources and landscapes there is an increasing need to predict the consequences of any changes to the environment. Modelling plays an important role in this by helping our understanding of the environment and by forecasting likely impacts. In recent years moves have been made to link models to Geographical Information Systems to provide a means of analysing changes over an area as well as over time. GIS and Environmental Modeling explores the progress made to date in integrating these two software systems. Approaches to the subject are made from theoretical, technical as well as data stand points. The existing capabilities of current systems are described along with important issues of data availability, accuracy and error. Various case studies illustrate this and highlight the common concepts and issues that exist between researchers in different environmental fields. The future needs and prospects for integrating GIS and environmental models are also explored with developments in both data handling and modelling discussed. The book brings together the knowledge and experience of over 100 researchers from academic, commercial and government backgrounds who work in a wide range of disciplines. The themes followed in the text provide a fund of knowledge and guidance for those involved in environmental modelling and GIS. The book is easily accessible for readers with a basic GIS knowledge and the ideas and results of the research are clearly illustrated with both colour and black and white graphics.

Author : László Miklós,Erika Kočická,Zita Izakovičová,Dušan Kočický,Anna Špinerová,Andrea Diviaková,Viktória Miklósová
Publisher : Springer
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319940243

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Landscape as a Geosystem by László Miklós,Erika Kočická,Zita Izakovičová,Dušan Kočický,Anna Špinerová,Andrea Diviaková,Viktória Miklósová Pdf

The book analyses the landscape as a geosystem in all its complexity (from the abiotic environment, and land use to socio-economic character) as an integrated natural resource, as society’s life space, as well as an object of planning and decision making on sustainable land use. It presents the landscape properties in the form of databases that comply with the INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC (INSPIRE – Infrastructure for Spatial InfoRmation in Europe) requirements, which can be used for a variety of purposes and can serve as a national spatial information database for the needs of applied landscape-ecological research and real-world spatial planning processes. The book also provides overview legends with complete domain values of selected attributes of all three landscape structures (primary, secondary and tertiary) routinely used in Slovakia. Lastly, the book offers an example of the construction and mapping of geocomplexes as well as the database creation on the model territory at the regional level.