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OverviewWhether 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 linear programming, Hof and Bevers show how it is possible for the researcher to include many thousands of choice variables and many thousands of constraints and still be quite confident of being able to solve the problem in hand with widely available software. The authors' emphasis is to preserve optimality and explore how much ecosystem function can be captured, stressing the solvability of large problems such as those in real world case studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Hof , Michael BeversPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.498kg ISBN: 9780231125444ISBN 10: 0231125445 Pages: 520 Publication Date: 02 May 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of Contents1. Introduction. I. Simple Proximity Relationships 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. II Reaction-Diffusion Models. 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. III Control Models. 11. Strategies for Controlling Exotic Pests. 12. Strategies for Controlling Wildfire. IV Using Optimization to Develop Hypotheses about Ecosystems. 13. Multi-Scaled Ecological Limiting Factors. 14. Carbon Fixation in Trees as an Optimization Process.ReviewsReaders without an extensive background in mathematics should not shy away from this book. The authors present the mathematical techniques outlined in each section clearly and in a way that is accessible to students, academics, or professionals... This is both an intriguing and thought provoking book, that will be of interest to ecologists, geographers, and resource managers with an interest in spatial analysis. -- Peter Deadman, Environments Author InformationJohn Hof is a project leader and Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. Michael Bevers is a Senior Research Scientist at the same institution. They are the authors of Spatial Optimization for Managed Ecosystems, also in the Complexity in Ecological Systems series. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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