Ecological data : design, management, and processing / edited by William K. Michener and James W. Brunt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Michener, William K.

Brunt, James W.

Series:

Methods in ecology.

Methods in ecology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology--Data processing.

Ecology.

Ecology--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ecologists are increasingly tackling difficult issues like global change, loss of biodiversity and sustainability of ecosystem services. These and related topics are enormously challenging, requiring unprecedented multidisciplinary collaboration and rapid synthesis of large amounts of diverse data into information and ultimately knowledge. New sensors, computers, data collection and storage devices and analytical and statistical methods provide a powerful tool kit to support analyses, graphics and visualizations that were unthinkable even a few years ago. New and increased emphasis

Contents:

Ecological Data: Design, Management and Processing; Contents; Contributors; The Methods in Ecology Series; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Research Design: Translating Ideas to Data; CHAPTER 2 Data Management Principles, Implementation and Administration; CHAPTER 3 Scientific Databases; CHAPTER 4 Data Quality Assurance; CHAPTER 5 Metadata; CHAPTER 6 Archiving Ecological Data and Information; CHAPTER 7 Transforming Data into Information and Knowledge; CHAPTER 8 Ecological Knowledge and Future Data Challenges; Index

Notes:

This work resulted from two workshops and a working group.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612117633

9781444311396

1444311395

9781282117631

1282117637

9780632060719

0632060719

OCLC:

437111592