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BL
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1037288
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b791658
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Hof, John G.
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Spatial optimization in ecological applications /\ John Hof and Michael Bevers.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Columbia University Press,, [2002]
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, ©2002
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| Series Statement
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Complexity in ecological systems series
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1 online resource (xii, 257 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations (some color), color maps
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| ISBN
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0231500734
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: 9780231500739
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0231125445
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0231125453
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9780231125444
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9780231125451
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction -- 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 -- 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 -- 11. Strategies for controlling exotic pests -- 12. Strategies for controlling wildfire -- 13. Multiscaled ecological limiting factors -- 14. Carbon fixation in trees as an optimization process -- 15. Postscript.
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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.
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Spatial ecology-- Mathematical models.
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NATURE-- Ecology.
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NATURE-- Ecosystems Habitats-- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE-- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry-- Environmental)
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Ecology.
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Spatial ecology-- Mathematical models.
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| Dewey Classification
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577/.01/5118
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QH541.15.S62H65 2002eb
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Bevers, Michael
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