Spatial Analysis: A Guide for Ecologists

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The number and variety of statistical techniques for spatial analysis of ecological data are burgeoning and many ecologists are unfamiliar with what is available and how the techniques should be used. This book provides an overview of the wide range of spatial statistics available to analyze ecological data, and provides advice and guidance for graduate students and practicing researchers who are either about to embark on spatial analysis in ecological studies or who have started but need guidance to proceed.

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Great summary of the field.......2006-04-05

This book is one of the best textbooks I have ever read - very clear explanations that summarize information across a wide range of literature - A great source for context and background before diving into the primary literature. Very well written with clear explanations. Can't recommend enough!

Spatial Analysis - Excellent!.......2006-02-25

Excellent book. Highly recommended. I understood concepts difficult to understand in other books/papers.

Metacommunities: Spatial Dynamics and Ecological Communities

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Metacommunities

Metacommunities: Spatial Dynamics and Ecological Communities

Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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ASIN: 0226350649

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Until recently community ecology—a science devoted to understanding the patterns and processes of species distribution and abundance—focused mainly on specific and often limited scales of a single community. Since the 1970s, for example, metapopulation dynamics—studies of interacting groups of populations connected through movement—concentrated on the processes of population turnover, extinction, and establishment of new populations.

Metacommunities takes the hallmarks of metapopulation theory to the next level by considering a group of communities, each of which may contain numerous populations, connected by species interactions within communities and the movement of individuals between communities. In examining communities open to dispersal, the book unites a broad range of ecological theories, presenting some of the first empirical investigations and revealing the value of the metacommunity approach.

The collection of empirical, theoretical, and synthetic chapters in Metacommunities seeks to understand how communities work in fragmented landscapes. Encouraging community ecologists to rethink some of the leading theories of population and community dynamics, Metacommunities urges ecologists to expand the spatiotemporal scales of their research.

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Metacommunities .......2007-03-11

All ecologists should have this book. It does a great job of introducing the concept of metacommunities and also provides numerous empirical and theoretical perspecitives.

Economics of Industrial Ecology: Materials, Structural Change, and Spatial Scales

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Shifting the future

Economics of Industrial Ecology: Materials, Structural Change, and Spatial Scales

Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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ASIN: 0262220717

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The use of economic modeling techniques in industrial ecology research provides distinct advantages over the customary approach, which focuses on the physical description of material flows. The thirteen chapters of Economics of Industrial Ecology integrate the natural science and technological dimensions of industrial ecology with a rigorous economic approach and by doing so contribute to the advancement of this emerging field. Using a variety of modeling techniques (including econometric, partial and general equilibrium, and input-output models) and applying them to a wide range of materials, economic sectors, and countries, these studies analyze the driving forces behind material flows and structural changes in order to offer guidance for economically and socially feasible policy solutions.

After a survey of concepts and relevant research that provides a useful background for the chapters that follow, the book presents historical analyses of structural change from statistical and decomposition approaches; a range of models that predict structural change on the national and regional scale under different policy scenarios; two models that can be used to analyze waste management and recycling operations; and, adopting the perspective of local scale, an analysis of the dynamics of eco-industrial parks in Denmark and the Netherlands. The book concludes with a discussion of the policy implications of an economic approach to industrial ecology.

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Shifting the future.......2007-05-13

The book shows a new vision in production, which derives from systems theory that supports ecolocy.
This idea represents a new view about industrial systems and how they can adapt to the new informational and environmental situations that arise from traditional capitalist production.

Understanding Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern: Remote Sensing and GIS Approaches

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Understanding Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern: Remote Sensing and GIS Approaches

Manufacturer: CRC
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ASIN: 084933425X

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Written by experts, peer-reviewed to adhere to the strictest standards and highest quality criteria, this book discusses natural and human-caused forest change. The chapters explore forest disturbance and spatial pattern from an ecological point-of-view within the context of structure, function, pattern, and change. They conclude with a summary of the issues related to detection and mapping of forest disturbances with remotely sensed and GIS data. The book elucidates how the elements presented, from ecological underpinnings, data considerations, change detection method, and pattern analysis, combine into a problem solving, information generating approach.

Quantifying Spatial Uncertainty in Natural Resources: Theory and Applications for GIS and Remote Sensing

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Quantifying Spatial Uncertainty in Natural Resources: Theory and Applications for GIS and Remote Sensing
Russell Congalton
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ASIN: 1575041316

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Spatial uncertainty analysis has become a recognized discipline that integrates expertise from geographic information science, remote sensing, spatial and classical statistics and many others. The chapters are divided into two sections; the first section concentrates on accuracy assessment issues and the second on modelling uncertainty. This book will be useful both to those new to spatial uncertainty assessment and to experienced practitioners. Those interested in the application of appropriate uncertainty assessment techniques are provided with examples of many applications based in remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS). For researchers, this book presents a snapshot of the state-of-the-art of uncertainty assessment, providing theoretical chapters based in classical and spatial statistics.

Quantitative Analysis of Movement: Measuring and Modeling Population Redistribution in Animals and Plants

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Excellent Practical Reference
Very good, but...
From the review by Peck, S. L. 1999. Ecology 80: 1451.

Quantitative Analysis of Movement: Measuring and Modeling Population Redistribution in Animals and Plants
Peter Turchin
Manufacturer: Sinauer Associates
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ASIN: 0878938478

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In the last two decades it has become increasingly clear that the spatial dimension is a critically important aspect of ecological dynamics. Ecologists are currently investing an enormous amount of effort in quantifying movement patterns of organisms. Connecting these data to general issues in metapopulation biology and landscape ecology, as well as to applied questions in conservation and natural resource management, however, has proved to be a non-trivial task. This book presents a systematic exposition of quantitative methods for analyzing and modeling movements of organisms in the field.

Quantitative Analysis of Movement is intended for graduate students and researchers interested in spatial ecology, including applications to conservation, pest control, and fisheries. Models are a key ingredient in the analytical approaches developed in the book; however, the primary focus is not on mathematical methods, but on connections between models and data. The methodological approaches discussed in the book will be useful to ecologists working with all taxonomic groups. Case studies have been selected from a wide variety of organisms, including plants (seed dispersal, spatial spread of clonal plants), insects, and vertebrates (primarily, fish, birds, and mammals).

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Excellent Practical Reference.......2000-08-31

I wrote my Master's thesis on the movement of grasshoppers and almost wore this book out! It became my bible. While I was writing up, you'd always see me with it under my arm. It addresses all of the major movement models from an applied standpoint. The original papers are rarely useful if you wish to actually apply the model to your own research. This book is written more like a text than a review, but is still very thorough mathematically. If you're doing research on movement or are just interested in mathematical models in ecology, this book is a must have.

Very good, but..........2000-06-24

Peter Turchin's "Quantitative Analysis of Movement" is the best (only?) available synthesis of techniques appropriate for analyzing movement patterns. Turchin addresses general concepts, techniques for measuring movements, movement models (mostly diffusion-based), techniques for analyzing movement paths, and mark-recapture techniques. Be aware, however, Turchin's analysis is more appropriate to displacement and redistribution questions and less suited for those interested in inferring motivation from movement trajectories.

This is an intensely mathematical treatment, so be prepared. Turchin is kind enough to provide a special appendix, "Diffusion for Ecologists," for those with relatively weak mathematical backgrounds (like myself). Not easy to understand but well worth the effort.

From the review by Peck, S. L. 1999. Ecology 80: 1451........2000-02-07

"If you are engaged in research exploring plant and animal movement, this book is essential. It is well written and informative from both practical and theoretial perspectives. It is a delight to have this reference. I recommend it wholeheartedly."

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The Body and the City
Steve Pile
Manufacturer: Routledge
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ASIN: 0415141923

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Over the last century, psychoanalysis has transformed the ways in which we think about our relationships with others. Psychoanalytic concepts and methods, such as the unconscious and dream analysis, have greatly impacted on social, cultural and political theory. Reinterpreting the ways in which geography has explored people's mental maps and their deepest feelings about places, The Body and the City outlines a new cartography of the subject.

Mapping key coordinates of meaning, identity and power across the sites of body and city, author Steve Pile explores a wide range of critical thinking, particularly the work of Lefebvre, Freud and Lacan to present a pathbreaking psychoanalysis of space.

Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues Of Accuracy And Scale

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Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues Of Accuracy And Scale

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ASIN: 1559637870

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Predictions about where different species are, where they are not, and how they move across a landscape or respond to human activities - if timber is harvested, for instance, or stream flow altered - are important aspects of the work of wildlife biologists, land managers, and the agencies and policymakers that govern natural resources. Despite the increased use and importance of model predictions, these predictions are seldom tested and have unknown levels of accuracy.

Predicting Species Occurrences addresses those concerns, highlighting for managers and researchers the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches, as well as the magnitude of the research required to improve or test predictions of currently used models. The book is an outgrowth of an international symposium held in October 1999 that brought together scientists and researchers at the forefront of efforts to process information about species at different spatial and temporal scales. It is a comprehensive reference that offers an exhaustive treatment of the subject, with 65 chapters by leading experts from around the world that:

review the history of the theory and practice of modeling and present a standard terminology
examine temporal and spatial scales in terms of their influence on patterns and processes of species distribution
offer detailed discussions of state-of-the-art modeling tools and descriptions of methods for assessing model accuracy
discuss how to predict species presence and abundance
present examples of how spatially explicit data on demographics can provide important information for managers

An introductory chapter by Michael A. Huston examines the ecological context in which predictions of species occurrences are made, and a concluding chapter by John A. Wiens offers an insightful review and synthesis of the topics examined along with guidance for future directions and cautions regarding misuse of models. Other contributors include Michael P. Austin, Barry R. Noon, Alan H. Fielding, Michael Goodchild, Brian A. Maurer, John T. Rotenberry, Paul Angermeier, Pierre R. Vernier, and more than a hundred others.

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Rockets roar into space--bearing roughly half the world's commercial satellites--from the same South American coastal rainforest where convicts once did time on infamous Devil's Island. What makes Space in the Tropics enthralling is anthropologist Peter Redfield's ability to draw from these two disparate European projects in French Guiana a gleaming web of ideas about the intersections of nature and culture. In comparing the Franco-European Ariane rocket program with the earlier penal experiment, Redfield connects the myth of Robinson Crusoe, nineteenth-century prison reform, the Dreyfus Affair, tropical medicine, postwar exploration of outer space, satellite technology, development, and ecotourism with a focus on place, and the incorporation of this particular place into greater extended systems. Examining the wider context of the Ariane program, he argues that technology and nature must be understood within a greater ecology of displacement and makes a case for the importance of margins in understanding the trajectories of modern life.

Spatial Statistics (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

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Brian D. Ripley
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ASIN: 047169116X

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Presents the first comprehensive guide to the analysis of spatial data. Each chapter covers a particular data format and the associated class of problems, introducing theory, giving computational suggestions, and providing examples. Methods are illustrated by computer-drawn figures. Serves as an introduction to this rapidly growing research area for mathematicians and statisticians, and as a reference to new computer methods for research workers in ecology, geology, archeology, and the earth sciences.

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