Spatial optimization in ecological applications / John Hof and Michael Bevers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hof, John G.

Contributor:

Bevers, Michael.

Series:

Complexity in ecological systems series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spatial ecology--Mathematical models.

Spatial ecology.

Ecology--Mathematical models.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

xii, 257 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.).

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Whether 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1 INTRODUCTION

PART 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

PART 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

PART III. CONTROL MODELS

11 STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING EXOTIC PESTS

12 STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING WILDFIRE

PART IV. USING OPTIMIZATION TO DEVELOP HYPOTHESES ABOUT ECOSYSTEMS

13 MULTISCALED ECOLOGICAL LIMITING FACTORS

14 CARBON FIXATION IN TREES AS AN OPTIMIZATION PROCESS

15 POSTSCRIPT

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-249) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231500739

0231500734

OCLC:

1024006818