GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Biogeography and Ecology

About this book

This volume gathers together a representative set of examples from the many varied spatial techniques and analytical approaches being used by geographers, ecologists, and biogeographers to study plant and animal distributions, to assess processes affecting the observed patterns at selected spatial and temporal scales, and to discuss these examples within a strong conceptual spatial and/or temporal framework.

Contents

Co-Editors: Abbreviated Profiles
Acknowledgements: List of Reviewers

1. Introduction - Thinking Spatially
2. A Spectral Unmixing Approach to Leaf Area Index (LAI) Estimation at the Alpine Treeline Ecotone
3. The Utilization of Airborne Digital Multispectral Image Dynamics and Kinematic Global Positioning Systems for Assessing and Monitoring Salt Marsh Habitats in Southern California
4. Spatial Variability in Satellite-Derived Seasonal Vegetation Dynamics
5. Documenting Land-Cover History of a Humid Tropical Environment in Northeastern Costa Rica Using Time-Series Remotely Sensed Data
6. Patterns of Change in Land-Use and Land-Cover and Plant Biomass: Separating Intra- and Inter-Annual Signals in Monsoon-Driven Northeast Thailand
7. Barriers and Species Persistence in a Simulated Grassland
8. Feedback and Pattern in Computer Simulations of the Alpine Treeline Ecotone
9. Spatial Pattern and Dynamics of an Annual Woodland Herb
10. Spatial Analysis of Micro-Environmental Change and Forest Composition in Belize
11. The Radiate Capitulum Morph of Senecio Vulgaris L. within Sussex: the Use of GIS in Establishing Origins
12. A Geographical Information Science (GISci) Approach to Exploring Variation in the Bush Cricket Ephippiger Ephippiger
13. The GIS Representation of Wildlife Movements: A Framework
14. Stratified Sampling for Field Survey of Environmental Gradients in the Mojave Desert Ecoregion
15. Development of Vegetation Pattern in Primary Successions on Glacier Forelands in Southern Norway
16. Multi-Scale Analysis of Land-Cover Composition and Landscape Management of Public and Private Lands in Indiana
17. Shifting Cultivation Without Deforestation: A Case Study in the Mountains of Northwestern Vietnam
18. Linking Biogeography and Environmental Management in the Wetland Landscape of Coastal North Carolina, The difference between nationwide and individual wetland permits

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