A Guidebook for Integrated Ecological Assessments

2001
ISBN: 978-0-387-98582-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 1356 g

Ecosystem management requires a planning and decision-making process that places land use in its appropriate ecological context. Because ecological assessments must be conducted at various spatial scales and across jurisdictional boundaries, approaches to assessment must be compatible and consistent with each other. A Guidebook for Integrated Ecological Assessment analyzes methods and provides standards and protocols for assessment and the integration of data.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bourgeron, Patrick S.

Jensen, Mark E.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Landschaftsplanung, Ländliche Planung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Terrestrische Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Basic Principles.- 1 An Overview of Ecological Assessment Principles and Applications.- 2 A Theoretical Framework for Ecological Assessment.- 3 Ecosystem Characterization and Ecological Assessments.- 4 Adaptive Ecosystem Assessment and Management: The Path of Last Resort?.- 2 Information Management.- 5 Data Acquisition.- 6 Sampling Design and Statistical Inference for Ecological Assessment.- 7 General Data Collection and Sampling Design Considerations for Integrated Regional Ecological Assessments.- 8 Ecological Data Storage, Management, and Dissemination.- 9 Integration of Physical, Biological, and Socioeconomic Information.- 3 Basic Techniques.- 10 Remote Sensing Applied to Ecosystem Management.- 11 Geographic Information Science and Ecological Assessment.- 12 Decision Support for Ecosystem Management and Ecological Assessments.- 4 Analytical Methods: Concepts.- 13 Elements of Spatial Data Analysis in Ecological Assessments.- 14 Applications of Fractal Geometry and Percolation Theory to Landscape Analysis and Assessments.- 15 Fuzzy Statistical and Modeling Approach to Ecological Assessments.- 16 Measuring Ecosystem Values.- 17 Economic Linkages to Natural Resources.- 5 Analytical Methods: Applications.- 18 Ecosystem Structure and Function Modeling.- 19 Methods for Determining Historical Range of Variability.- 20 Representativeness Assessments.- 21 Methods of Economic Impact Analysis.- 6 Ecosystem Characterization.- 22 Elements of Ecological Land Classifications for Ecological Assessments.- 23 Dynamic Terrestrial Ecosystem Patterns and Processes.- 24 Ecological Classification and Mapping of Aquatic Systems.- 25 Geomorphic Patterns, Processes, and Perspectives in Aquatic Assessment.- 26 Assessment of Biotic Patterns in Freshwater Ecosystems.- 27 Characterizing the Human Imprint on Landscapes for Ecological Assessment.- 28 Assessing Human Processes in Society: Environment Interactions.- 29 Mapping Patterns of Human Use and Potential Resource Conflicts on Public Lands.- 7 Case Studies.- 30 The Great Lakes Ecological Assessment.- 31 Upper Mississippi River Adaptive Environmental Assessment.- 32 Southern Appalachian Case Study.- 33 Northern Forest Lands Case Study.- 34 Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project.- 8 Implementation Strategies.- 35 Ecological Assessments and Implementing Ecosystem Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Road Ahead.