UID:
almahu_9949697564902882
Format:
1 online resource (995 p.)
ISBN:
1-299-28465-5
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0-444-59765-4
Series Statement:
Developments in environmental modelling ; 5
Content:
The International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM) sponsors conferences, workshops and training courses with the aim of advancing the development of ecological and environmental modelling. The 3rd International Conference on the state-of-the-art in ecological modelling was sponsored by the ISEM in cooperation with the National Park Service Water Resources Laboratory and hosted by the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University. Its theme was the application of ecological modelling to environmental management and this book contains the full texts of the three invit
Note:
"Papers ... presented at the 3rd International Conference on State-of-the-Art in Ecological Modelling"--Pref.
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Front Cover; Analysis of Ecological Systems: State-of-the-Art in Ecological Modelling; Copyright Page; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; Table of Contents; SECTION I: Trends in Ecological Modelling; CHAPTER 1. TRENDS IN ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; INTRODUCTION - THREE APPROACHES; UNIFICATION OF THE VARIOUS APPROACHES; FURTHER SUPPORT TO THE THEORY; CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE; CHAPTER 2. ON THE QUANTITATIVE DOMINANCE OF INDIRECT EFFECTS IN ECOSYSTEMS; INTRODUCTION; OYSTER REEF MODEL; SYSTEM STRUCTURE; SYSTEM FUNCTION; DISCUSSION; ADDENDUM; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LITERATURE CITED; FIGURE CAPTIONS
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CHAPTER 3. MODELING REALITY: FACT, FANCY, AND FICTIONINTRODUCTION; REALITY; REPRESENTATION OF REALITY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LITERATURE CITED; SECTION II: Theory and Methods of Ecological Modelling; CHAPTER 4. LIVING SYSTEMS THEORY: CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR ECOSYSTEM MODELLING; INTRODUCTION; LIVING SYSTEMS THEORY: AN ECOSYSTEM PARADIGM; THE ROLE OF INFORMATION: SYSTEM CONTROL; A GENERAL SYSTEM DIAGRAM; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LITERATURE CITED; CHAPTER 5. DEFINING THE RESILIENCE THRESHOLDS OF ECOSYSTEMS; INTRODUCTION; THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; BEETLES AND PINE FORESTS
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LITERATURE CITEDCHAPTER 6. POPULATION STABILITY IN A PATCHY ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCTION; THE MODEL; APPLICATION OF THE MODEL; DISCUSSION; LITERATURE CITED; CHAPTER 7. SOME NEW RESULTS IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ORIENTED NATURAL PROCESS DYNAMICS MODELLING; INTRODUCTION; PURPOSE AND RANGE OF APPLICABILITY OF THE MODEL; TESTING AND EVALUATION OF A MODEL OF THE RESOURCE CONSUMPTION PROCESS; DEMONSTRATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MODEL; DISCUSSION; LITERATURE CITED; CHAPTER 8. A METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING THE PREDICTIVE ACCURACY OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS FROM A LIMITED DATA BASE; INTRODUCTION; CASE STUDY
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ITERATIVE PREDICTIVE ACCURACY DETERMINATIONRESULTS; DISCUSSION; LIST OF REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. GLOBAL STABILITY CONCEPTS FOR COMPLEXECOSYSTEM MODELS; INTRODUCTION; MODELS AND ECOSYSTEMS; A GLOBAL STABILITY SYNTHESIS; THE CONVERGENCE COEFFICIENT; THE MODEL; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; CHAPTER 10. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING AND MANAGEMENT OF SPRUCE BUDWORM INFESTED FIR-SPRUCE FORESTS OF NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; WHAT DETERMINES SUCCESS?; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LITERATURE CITED
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CHAPTER 11. SUPPORTING DECISIONS ON WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM IN FOREST MANAGEMENT USING SIMULATION MODELSINTRODUCTION; WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM AND ITS HOSTS; WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM MODEL; BWFLY; BWMOD; THE STAND-PROGNOSIS MODEL; USING THE MODELS FOR DECISION SUPPORT; LITERATURE CITED; CHAPTER 12. TWO DECADES OF BUDWORM SIMULACRA: A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF COMPREHENSIVE SIMULATION MODELS; INTRODUCTION; THE BUDWORM/FOREST ECOSYSTEM; DATA SOURCES; THE WATT MODEL; THE MFRC-UBC MODELS; THE STEDINGER MODEL; REPRODUCTION CURVES; APPLYING THE MODELS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LITERATURE CITED
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CHAPTER 13. MODELING THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON ARTHROPOD POPULATION SYSTEMS
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-42179-3
Language:
English
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