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Expert Knowledge and Its Application in Landscape Ecology (Hardcover, 2012)
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Expert Knowledge and Its Application in Landscape Ecology (Hardcover, 2012)
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Typically, landscape ecologists use empirical observations to
conduct research and devise solutions for applied problems in
conservation and management. In some instances, they rely on advice
and input of experienced professionals in both developing and
applying knowledge. Given the wealth of expert knowledge and the
risks of its informal and implicit applications in landscape
ecology, it is necessary to formally recognize and characterize
expert knowledge and bring rigor to methods for its applications.
In this context, the broad goal of this book is to introduce the
concept of expert knowledge and examine its role in landscape
ecological applications. We plan to do so in three steps: First we
introduce the topic to landscape ecologists, explore salient
characteristics of experts and expert knowledge, and describe
methods used in capturing and formalizing that knowledge. Second,
we present examples of research in landscape ecology from a variety
of ecosystems and geographic locations that formally incorporate
expert knowledge. These case studies address a range of topics that
will interest landscape ecologists and other resource management
and conservation professionals including the specific roles of
expert knowledge in developing, testing, parameterizing, and
applying models; estimating the uncertainty in expert knowledge;
developing methods of formalizing and incorporating expert
knowledge; and using expert knowledge as competing models and a
source of alternate hypotheses. Third, we synthesize the state of
knowledge on this topic and critically examine the advantages and
disadvantages of incorporating expert knowledge in landscape
ecological applications. The disciplinary subject areas we address
are broad and cover much of the scope of contemporary landscape
ecology, including broad-scale forest management and conservation,
quantifying forest disturbances and succession, conservation of
habitats for a range of avian and mammal species, vulnerability and
conservation of marine ecosystems, and the spread and impacts of
invasive plants. This text incorporates the collective experience
and knowledge of over 35 researchers in landscape ecology
representing a diverse range of disciplinary subject areas and
geographic locations. Through this text, we will catalyze further
thought and investigations on expert knowledge among the target
readership of researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in
landscape ecology.
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