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Ecologist-Developed Spatially-Explicit Dynamic Landscape Models

  • Written for ecologists to help inform their work and communicate the consequences of proposed management plans
  • A compilation of spatially explicit simulation models developed by ecologists and planners without formal computer programming skills
  • Some models are the result of professional efforts accomplished in the course of landscape research
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Modeling Dynamic Systems (MDS)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Never Fear: You Already Model!

    • James D. Westervelt, Gordon L. Cohen
    Pages 1-6
  3. A Collaborative Process for Multidisciplinary Group Modeling Projects

    • James D. Westervelt, Bruce Hannon
    Pages 7-25
  4. A Simulation Model of Fire Ant Competition with Cave Crickets at Fort Hood, Texas

    • Bart Rossmann, Tim Peterson, John Drake
    Pages 43-62
  5. A Model for Evaluating Hunting and Contraception as Feral Hog Population Control Methods

    • Jennifer L. Burton, Marina Drigo, Ying Li, Ariane Peralta, Johanna Salzer, Kranthi Varala et al.
    Pages 133-150
  6. Spatially Explicit Modeling of Productivity in Pool 5 of the Mississippi River

    • Katherine R. Amato, Benjamin Martin, Aloah Pope, Charles Theiling, Kevin Landwehr, Jon Petersen et al.
    Pages 151-170
  7. Simulating Gopher Tortoise Populations in Fragmented Landscapes: An Application of the FRAGGLE Model

    • Todd BenDor, James D. Westervelt, J. P. Aurambout, William Meyer
    Pages 171-195
  8. An Individual-Based Model for Metapopulations on Patchy Landscapes-Genetics and Demography (IMPL-GD)

    • Jennifer L. Burton, Richard F. Lance, James D. Westervelt, Paul L. Leberg
    Pages 197-209
  9. A Technique for Rapidly Forecasting Regional Urban Growth

    • Todd BenDor, James D. Westervelt
    Pages 223-234
  10. Modeling Intimate Partner Violence and Support Systems

    • Marina Drigo, Charles R. Ehlschlaeger, Elizabeth L. Sweet
    Pages 235-253
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 255-260

About this book

This book is written for ecologists interested in capturing their understandings of how natural systems work in software – to help inform their work and communicate the consequences of proposed management plans.  Historically, ecologists had to rely on the skills of trained computer programmers to modeling natural systems, but now a new generation of software is allowing ecologists to directly capture their understandings of systems in software.  This book is a compilation of spatially explicit simulation models developed by ecologists and planners without any formal computer programming skills.  Readers will be inspired to believe that they too can create similar models of the systems with which they are familiar.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Army Corps, Engineer Research and Development Center, Champaign, USA

    James D. Westervelt

  • Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Champaign, USA

    Gordon L. Cohen

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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