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Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes

Author : Joshua Millspaugh,Frank R. Thompson
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0080920160

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Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes by Joshua Millspaugh,Frank R. Thompson Pdf

A single-resource volume of information on the most current and effective techniques of wildlife modeling, Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes is appropriate for students and researchers alike. The unique blend of conceptual, methodological, and application chapters discusses research, applications and concepts of modeling and presents new ideas and strategies for wildlife habitat models used in conservation planning. The book makes important contributions to wildlife conservation of animals in several ways: (1) it highlights historical and contemporary advancements in the development of wildlife habitat models and their implementation in conservation planning; (2) it provides practical advice for the ecologist conducting such studies; and (3) it supplies directions for future research including new strategies for successful studies. Intended to provide a recipe for successful development of wildlife habitat models and their implementation in conservation planning, the book could be used in studying wildlife habitat models, conservation planning, and management techniques. Additionally it may be a supplemental text in courses dealing with quantitative assessment of wildlife populations. Additionally, the length of the book would be ideal for graduate student seminar course. Using wildlife habitat models in conservation planning is of considerable interest to wildlife biologists. With ever tightening budgets for wildlife research and planning activities, there is a growing need to use computer methods. Use of simulation models represents the single best alternative. However, it is imperative that these techniques be described in a single source. Moreover, biologists should be made aware of alternative modeling techniques. It is also important that practical guidance be provided to biologists along with a demonstration of utility of these procedures. Currently there is little guidance in the wildlife or natural resource planning literature on how best to incorporate wildlife planning activities, particularly community-based approaches. Now is the perfect time for a synthestic publication that clearly outlines the concepts and available methods, and illustrates them. Only single resource book of information not only on various wildlife modeling techniques, but also with practical guidance on the demonstrated utility of each based on real-world conditions. Provides concepts, methods and applications for wildlife ecologists and others within a GIS context. Written by a team of subject-area experts

Landscape-scale Conservation Planning

Author : Stephen C. Trombulak,Robert Baldwin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048195756

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Landscape-scale Conservation Planning by Stephen C. Trombulak,Robert Baldwin Pdf

Hugh P. Possingham Landscape-scale conservation planning is coming of age. In the last couple of decades, conservation practitioners, working at all levels of governance and all spatial scales, have embraced the CARE principles of conservation planning – Comprehensiveness, Adequacy, Representativeness, and Efficiency. Hundreds of papers have been written on this theme, and several different kinds of software program have been developed and used around the world, making conservation planning based on these principles global in its reach and influence. Does this mean that all the science of conservation planning is over – that the discovery phase has been replaced by an engineering phase as we move from defining the rules to implementing them in the landscape? This book and the continuing growth in the literature suggest that the answer to this question is most definitely ‘no. ’ All of applied conservation can be wrapped up into a single sentence: what should be done (the action), in what place, at what time, using what mechanism, and for what outcome (the objective). It all seems pretty simple – what, where, when, how and why. However stating a problem does not mean it is easy to solve.

Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation

Author : Samuel A. Cushman,Falk Huettmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 55,6 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.

Wildlife Management and Landscapes

Author : William F. Porter,Chad J. Parent,Rosemary A. Stewart,David M. Williams
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781421440194

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Wildlife Management and Landscapes by William F. Porter,Chad J. Parent,Rosemary A. Stewart,David M. Williams Pdf

"This edited collection considers how landscapes designed by humans contain multiple ecosystems for animals and plants. Using quantitative methods, the contributors explain how to model what components of a landscape are critical to species of interest"--

Linkages in the Landscape

Author : Andrew F. Bennett
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 2831702216

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Linkages in the Landscape by Andrew F. Bennett Pdf

The loss and fragmentation of natural habitats is one of the major issues in wildlife management and conservation. Habitat "corridors" are sometimes proposed as an important element within a conservation strategy. This book offers examples of corridors both as pathways and as habitats in their own right. It includes detailed reviews of principles relevant to the design and management of corridors, their place in regional approaches to conservation planning, and recommendations for research and management.

The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation

Author : Shane P. Mahoney,Valerius Geist
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421432816

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation by Shane P. Mahoney,Valerius Geist Pdf

The foremost experts on the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation come together to discuss its role in the rescue, recovery, and future of our wildlife resources. At the end of the nineteenth century, North America suffered a catastrophic loss of wildlife driven by unbridled resource extraction, market hunting, and unrelenting subsistence killing. This crisis led powerful political forces in the United States and Canada to collaborate in the hopes of reversing the process, not merely halting the extinctions but returning wildlife to abundance. While there was great understanding of how to manage wildlife in Europe, where wildlife management was an old, mature profession, Continental methods depended on social values often unacceptable to North Americans. Even Canada, a loyal colony of England, abandoned wildlife management as practiced in the mother country and joined forces with like-minded Americans to develop a revolutionary system of wildlife conservation. In time, and surviving the close scrutiny and hard ongoing debate of open, democratic societies, this series of conservation practices became known as the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. In this book, editors Shane P. Mahoney and Valerius Geist, both leading authorities on the North American Model, bring together their expert colleagues to provide a comprehensive overview of the origins, achievements, and shortcomings of this highly successful conservation approach. This volume • reviews the emergence of conservation in late nineteenth–early twentieth century North America • provides detailed explorations of the Model's institutions, principles, laws, and policies • places the Model within ecological, cultural, and socioeconomic contexts • describes the many economic, social, and cultural benefits of wildlife restoration and management • addresses the Model's challenges and limitations while pointing to emerging opportunities for increasing inclusivity and optimizing implementation Studying the North American experience offers insight into how institutionalizing policies and laws while incentivizing citizen engagement can result in a resilient framework for conservation. Written for wildlife professionals, researchers, and students, this book explores the factors that helped fashion an enduring conservation system, one that has not only rescued, recovered, and sustainably utilized wildlife for over a century, but that has also advanced a significant economic driver and a greater scientific understanding of wildlife ecology. Contributors: Leonard A. Brennan, Rosie Cooney, James L. Cummins, Kathryn Frens, Valerius Geist, James R. Heffelfinger, David G. Hewitt, Paul R. Krausman, Shane P. Mahoney, John F. Organ, James Peek, William Porter, John Sandlos, James A. Schaefer

Large Landscape Conservation

Author : Matthew McKinney,Lynn Scarlett,Daniel Kemmis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 1558442103

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Large Landscape Conservation by Matthew McKinney,Lynn Scarlett,Daniel Kemmis Pdf

In response to increasing conservation activity at the large landscape scale, leaders from the public, private, and nongovernmental sectors participated in two national landscape management policy dialogues and many other informal discussions in 2009. Convened by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Policy at The University of Montana, the intent of the dialogues was to synthesize what we know about large landscape conservation and to identify the most important needs as we move forward.

Predictive Species and Habitat Modeling in Landscape Ecology

Author : C. Ashton Drew,Yolanda F. Wiersma,Falk Huettmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781441973900

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Predictive Species and Habitat Modeling in Landscape Ecology by C. Ashton Drew,Yolanda F. Wiersma,Falk Huettmann Pdf

Most projects in Landscape Ecology, at some point, define a species-habitat association. These models are inherently spatial, dealing with landscapes and their configurations. Whether coding behavioral rules for dispersal of simulated organisms through simulated landscapes, or designing the sampling extent of field surveys and experiments in real landscapes, landscape ecologists must make assumptions about how organisms experience and utilize the landscape. These convenient working postulates allow modelers to project the model in time and space, yet rarely are they explicitly considered. The early years of landscape ecology necessarily focused on the evolution of effective data sources, metrics, and statistical approaches that could truly capture the spatial and temporal patterns and processes of interest. Now that these tools are well established, we reflect on the ecological theories that underpin the assumptions commonly made during species distribution modeling and mapping. This is crucial for applying models to questions of global sustainability. Due to the inherent use of GIS for much of this kind of research, and as several authors’ research involves the production of multicolored map figures, there would be an 8-page color insert. Additional color figures could be made available through a digital archive, or by cost contributions of the chapter authors. Where applicable, would be relevant chapters’ GIS data and model code available through a digital archive. The practice of data and code sharing is becoming standard in GIS studies, is an inherent method of this book, and will serve to add additional research value to the book for both academic and practitioner audiences.

Forest Landscape Restoration

Author : John Stanturf,David Lamb,Palle Madsen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400753266

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Forest Landscape Restoration by John Stanturf,David Lamb,Palle Madsen Pdf

Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners’ efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or test developing theories on ecosystem development. Since then, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged as a practical approach to forest restoration particularly in developing countries, where an approach which is both large-scale and focuses on meeting human needs is required. Yet despite increased investigation into both the biological and social aspects of FLR, there has so far been little success in systematically integrating these two complementary strands. Bringing experts in landscape studies, natural resource management and forest restoration, together with those experienced in conflict management, environmental economics and urban studies, this book bridges that gap to define the nature and potential of FLR as a truly multidisciplinary approach to a global environmental problem. The book will provide a valuable reference to graduate students and researchers interested in ecological restoration, forest ecology and management, as well as to professionals in environmental restoration, natural resource management, conservation, and environmental policy.

E-Planning and Collaboration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1742 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781522556473

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E-Planning and Collaboration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

As population growth accelerates, researchers and professionals face challenges as they attempt to plan for the future. E-planning is a significant component in addressing the key concerns as the world population moves towards urban environments. E-Planning and Collaboration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications contains a compendium of the latest academic material on the emerging interdisciplinary areas of e-planning and collaboration. Including innovative studies on data management, urban development, and crowdsourcing, this multi-volume book is an ideal source for planners, policymakers, researchers, and graduate students interested in how recent technological advancements are enhancing the traditional practices in e-planning.

Wildlife Habitat Management

Author : Brenda C. McComb
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781439878583

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Wildlife Habitat Management by Brenda C. McComb Pdf

Shortlisted for the 2018 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards in the authored book categoryIn recent years, conflicts between ecological conservation and economic growth forced a reassessment of the motivations and goals of wildlife and forestry management. Focus shifted from game and commodity management to biodiversity conservation and ecological fore

Smart Cities and Smart Spaces: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1707 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781522570318

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Smart Cities and Smart Spaces: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

As populations have continued to grow and expand, many people have made their homes in cities around the globe. With this increase in city living, it is becoming vital to create intelligent urban environments that efficiently support this growth and simultaneously provide friendly and progressive environments to both businesses and citizens alike. Smart Cities and Smart Spaces: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is an innovative reference source that discusses social, economic, and environmental issues surrounding the evolution of smart cities. Highlighting a range of topics such as smart destinations, urban planning, and intelligent communities, this multi-volume book is designed for engineers, architects, facility managers, policymakers, academicians, and researchers interested in expanding their knowledge on the emerging trends and topics involving smart cities.

Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Economics

Author : Thomas, Ken D.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466684348

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Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Economics by Thomas, Ken D. Pdf

With a current world population that exceeds seven billion, resource consumption awareness is more important than ever. Investing in sustainable technologies and renewable resources is a necessary step to ensure the future quality of life of all human beings. The Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Economics explores topics such as poverty, gender equality, health, security, and the environment through global empirical studies and fundamental frameworks. With the goal of promoting sustainable techniques for the global future, this handbook is a critical reference for business leaders, educators, policymakers, environmental specialists, and the public at large.

Global Resources and the Environment

Author : Chadwick Dearing Oliver,Fatma Arf Oliver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107172937

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Global Resources and the Environment by Chadwick Dearing Oliver,Fatma Arf Oliver Pdf

An illustrated overview of the sustainability of natural resources and the social and environmental issues surrounding their distribution and demand.