PREFACE

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. 1 INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I. SIMPLE PROXIMITY RELATIONSHIPS
6. 2 SEDIMENTATION 11
7. 3 STORMFLOW MANAGEMENT 24
8. 4 NATURAL REGENERATION IN ANY-AGED FOREST MANAGEMENT 42
9. 5 COMBINING SIMULATION WITH OPTIMIZATION: HABITAT PLACEMENT FOR THE NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL 59
10. PART II. REACTION–DIFFUSION MODELS
11. 6 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISCRETE REACTION–DIFFUSION MODEL 73
12. 7 THE BASIC MODEL: HABITAT PLACEMENT FOR THE BLACK-FOOTED FERRET 98
13. 8 POPULATION-DEPENDENT DISPERSAL: HABITAT PLACEMENT FOR THE BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG 114
14. 9 TOPOGRAPHY-BASED DISPERSAL: HABITAT LOCATION FOR THE WESTERN PRAIRIE FRINGED ORCHID 125
15. 10 HABITAT EDGE EFFECTS 142
16. PART III. CONTROL MODELS
17. 11 STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING EXOTIC PESTS 163
18. 12 STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING WILDFIRE 183
19. PART IV. USING OPTIMIZATION TO DEVELOP HYPOTHESES ABOUT ECOSYSTEMS
20. 13 MULTISCALED ECOLOGICAL LIMITING FACTORS 201
21. 14 CARBON FIXATION IN TREES AS AN OPTIMIZATION PROCESS 221
22. 15 POSTSCRIPT 233
23. REFERENCES 235
24. INDEX 251