Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index.
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.
JSTOR
22573/ctt271z1q
Spatial optimization in ecological applications.
0231125445
Spatial ecology-- Mathematical models.
NATURE-- Ecology.
NATURE-- Ecosystems & Habitats-- Wilderness.
SCIENCE-- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry-- Environmental)