Joint Species Distribution Modelling
Title | Joint Species Distribution Modelling PDF eBook |
Author | Otso Ovaskainen |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 389 |
Release | 2020-06-11 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1108492460 |
A comprehensive account of joint species distribution modelling, covering statistical analyses in light of modern community ecology theory.
Mapping Species Distributions
Title | Mapping Species Distributions PDF eBook |
Author | Janet Franklin |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 538 |
Release | 2010-01-07 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1139485296 |
Maps of species' distributions or habitat suitability are required for many aspects of environmental research, resource management and conservation planning. These include biodiversity assessment, reserve design, habitat management and restoration, species and habitat conservation plans and predicting the effects of environmental change on species and ecosystems. The proliferation of methods and uncertainty regarding their effectiveness can be daunting to researchers, resource managers and conservation planners alike. Franklin summarises the methods used in species distribution modeling (also called niche modeling) and presents a framework for spatial prediction of species distributions based on the attributes (space, time, scale) of the data and questions being asked. The framework links theoretical ecological models of species distributions to spatial data on species and environment, and statistical models used for spatial prediction. Providing practical guidelines to students, researchers and practitioners in a broad range of environmental sciences including ecology, geography, conservation biology, and natural resources management.
Joint species distribution modelling
Title | Joint species distribution modelling PDF eBook |
Author | Nerea Abrego |
Publisher | |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789781108716 |
Mapping Species Distributions
Title | Mapping Species Distributions PDF eBook |
Author | Janet Franklin |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 339 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 0521876354 |
A comprehensive summary of species distribution modeling methods integrating ecological and statistical models with spatial data, and a framework for implementation.
Marine Disease Ecology
Title | Marine Disease Ecology PDF eBook |
Author | Donald C. Behringer |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2020-01-30 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0198821638 |
Whether through loss of habitat or cascading community effects, diseases can shape the very nature of the marine environment. Despite their significant impacts, studies of marine diseases have tended to lag behind their terrestrial equivalents, particularly with regards to their ecological effects. However, in recent decades global research focused on marine disease ecology has expanded at an accelerating rate. This is due in part to increases in disease emergence across many taxa, but can also be attributed to a broader realization that the parasites responsible for disease are themselves important members of marine communities. Understanding their ecological relationships with the environment and their hosts is critical to understanding, conserving, and managing natural and exploited populations, communities, and ecosystems. Courses on marine disease ecology are now starting to emerge and this first textbook in the field will be ideally placed to serve them. Marine Disease Ecology is suitable for graduate students and researchers in the fields of marine disease ecology, aquaculture, fisheries, veterinary science, evolution and conservation. It will also be of relevance and use to a broader interdisciplinary audience of government agencies, NGOs, and marine resource managers.
Integrated Population Models
Title | Integrated Population Models PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Schaub |
Publisher | Academic Press |
Pages | 640 |
Release | 2021-11-12 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0128209151 |
Integrated Population Models: Theory and Ecological Applications with R and JAGS is the first book on integrated population models, which constitute a powerful framework for combining multiple data sets from the population and the individual levels to estimate demographic parameters, and population size and trends. These models identify drivers of population dynamics and forecast the composition and trajectory of a population. Written by two population ecologists with expertise on integrated population modeling, this book provides a comprehensive synthesis of the relevant theory of integrated population models with an extensive overview of practical applications, using Bayesian methods by means of case studies. The book contains fully-documented, complete code for fitting all models in the free software, R and JAGS. It also includes all required code for pre- and post-model-fitting analysis. Integrated Population Models is an invaluable reference for researchers and practitioners involved in population analysis, and for graduate-level students in ecology, conservation biology, wildlife management, and related fields. The text is ideal for self-study and advanced graduate-level courses. Offers practical and accessible ecological applications of IPMs (integrated population models) Provides full documentation of analyzed code in the Bayesian framework Written and structured for an easy approach to the subject, especially for non-statisticians
Habitat Suitability and Distribution Models
Title | Habitat Suitability and Distribution Models PDF eBook |
Author | Antoine Guisan |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 513 |
Release | 2017-09-14 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 0521765137 |
This book introduces the key stages of niche-based habitat suitability model building, evaluation and prediction required for understanding and predicting future patterns of species and biodiversity. Beginning with the main theory behind ecological niches and species distributions, the book proceeds through all major steps of model building, from conceptualization and model training to model evaluation and spatio-temporal predictions. Extensive examples using R support graduate students and researchers in quantifying ecological niches and predicting species distributions with their own data, and help to address key environmental and conservation problems. Reflecting this highly active field of research, the book incorporates the latest developments from informatics and statistics, as well as using data from remote sources such as satellite imagery. A website at www.unil.ch/hsdm contains the codes and supporting material required to run the examples and teach courses.