Land use, climate change and biodiversity modeling [electronic resource] : perspectives and applications / Yongyut Trisurat, Rajendra P. Shrestha and Rob Alkemade, editors.
Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011.Description: electronic texts (413 p.) : digital filesISBN:- 9781609606206 (ebook)
- Biodiversity conservation
- Biodiversity -- Monitoring
- Landscape changes
- Land use -- Environmental aspects
- Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects
- Climate change modeling
- Deforestation and climate change
- Effects of land use and biodiversity
- Effects of land use on climate change
- Geoinformatics
- Land degradation
- Land use informatics
- Climate change
- Land use modeling
- Quantitative methodologies
- Sustainable land use
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- QH75 .L26 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references.
1. Linkage between biodiversity, land use informatics and climate change / Yongyut Trisurat, Rajendra P. Shrestha and Rob Alkemade -- 2. Consequences of deforestation and climate change on biodiversity / Roland Cochard -- 3. Geo-informatics for land use and biodiversity studies / P. K. Joshi and Neena Priyanka -- 4. Monitoring biodiversity using remote sensing and field surveys / C. A. M�ucher -- 5. Integrated Modeling of Global Environmental Change (IMAGE) / T. Kram and E. Stehfest -- 6. Simulating land use policies targeted to protect biodiversity with the CLUE-scanner model / Peter H. Verburg ... [et al.] -- 7. Landscape biodiversity characterization in Ecoregion 29 using MODIS / Nitin Kumar Tripathi and Aung Phey Khant -- 8. Applying GLOBIO at different geographical levels / Rob Alkemade ... [et al.] -- 9. Modeling species distribution / Yongyut Trisurat and Albertus G. Toxopeus -- 10. Modeling land use and biodiversity in Northern Thailand / Yongyut Trisurat, Rob Alkemade and Peter H. Verburg -- 11. The current and future status of floristic provinces in Thailand / P.C. van Welzen ... [et al.] -- 12. Biodiversity modelling experiences in Ukraine / Vasyl Prydatko and Grygoriy Kolomytsev -- 13. Regional scenarios of biodiversity state in the tropical Andes / Carolina Tovar ... [et al.] -- 14. The influence of changing conservation paradigms on identifying priority protected area locations / Alan Grainger -- 15. Land degradation and biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia / Rajendra P. Shrestha --
16. Sustainable land use and watershed management in response to climate change impacts: overview and proposed research techniques / Nguyen Kim Loi -- 17. Modeling of current and future state of biodiversity in Central America using GLOBIO3 methodology / Denisse McLean R. -- 18. Spatial model approach for deforestation: case study in Java Island, Indonesia / Lilik B. Prasetyo, Chandra Irawadi Wijaya and Yudi Setiawan -- 19. Embedding biodiversity modelling in the policy process / Nguyen Dieu Trinh and Wilbert van Rooij -- 20. Conclusion and recommendations / Yongyut Trisurat, Rob Alkemade and Rajendra P. Shrestha.
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"This book combines state-of-the-art modeling approaches at various scales with case studies from across the world, discussing how to translate models into results and illustrate how pro-active implementation can mitigate biodiversity loss"--Provided by publisher.
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