Ecological Modeling for Resource Management

✍ Scribed by Virginia H. Dale (auth.), Virginia H. Dale (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 326
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From the reviews:

"The book … gives a superb thumbnail history of ecological modeling. It should be read by all the audiences and, indeed, by anyone interested in ecological modeling. It should be required reading in all graduate and undergraduate modeling courses. … All the chapters … provide excellent bibliographies. The sum of all 16 bibliographies alone is probably well worth the price of the book, especially for modelers and students of modeling." (Karl Albert Beres, Natural Areas Journal, Vol. 25 (3), 2005)

"This well-edited volume presents a collection of 16 papers resulting from a symposium held at Oak Ridge, Tennessee in October 2000. … The main focus is on ecological modelling for the public sector in the USA, especially on the problems of devising and using models for environmental regulation and for the management of public lands. … it can be recommended to specialists as a source book." (Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, Vol. 34 (4), 2003)

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Opportunities for Using Ecological Models for Resource Management....Pages 3-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Modeling for Endangered-Species Recovery: Gray Wolves in the Western Great Lakes Region....Pages 23-45
Modeling Fish Entrainment and Impingement Impacts: Bridging Science and Policy....Pages 46-69
Large-Scale Regional Assessments: Lessons Learned from the Southern Appalachian Assessment....Pages 70-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Effective Use of Ecological Modeling in Management: The Toolkit Concept....Pages 211-220
Role of Computational Toolkits in Environmental Management....Pages 221-245
Science and Management Investments Needed to Enhance the Use of Ecological Modeling in Decision Making....Pages 249-262
Educational Investments in Environmental Science and Management....Pages 263-285
Overcoming Barriers to the Use of Models in Environmental Decision Making....Pages 89-108
Barriers to the Use of Ecological Models in Decision Making....Pages 109-122
Network Theory: An Evolving Approach to Landscape Conservation....Pages 125-134
Evolving Approaches and Technologies to Enhance the Role of Ecological Modeling in Decision Making....Pages 135-164
Data and Information Issues in Modeling for Resource Management Decision Making: Communication Is the Key....Pages 167-179
Effective Ecological Modeling for Use in Management Decisions: Data Issues....Pages 180-208
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
What in the World Is Worth Fighting for? Using Models for Environmental Security....Pages 289-309
New Directions in Ecological Modeling for Resource Management....Pages 310-320

✦ Subjects

Applied Ecology; Environmental Management; Computer Applications; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis