This book covers selected topics on research methods in modern
ecology, through the lens of 8 chapters, focusing on animal
ecology, landcover assessment and habitat change, human
perspectives and management, and research techniques, with examples
taken from the Indian subcontinent. This area has emerged as one of
the pivotal zones where cutting edge applications may be tested.
Topics examined include the development and management of computer
software techniques and the syntheses of these into pre-existing
research methods, chemical analyses, including studies of animal
dietary and foraging patterns, landcover, habitat and plant
ecological change and even human/animal relations, and genetic
studies. Remote sensing and geographical information systems are
considered as cutting-edge research methods, at small, medium and
large-scale levels, including more accurate positioning systems,
more sensitive tracking systems, the removal of obstacles to
clearer observation and species identification, such as darkness
and poor lighting, dense vegetation and coarse image resolution and
more comparative studies across different local contexts and global
ecosystems. The topics cover geoinformatics applications to forest
management in India, the paradigm shifts in this area, and the
promotion and integration of sustainable forest management (SFM)
and geoinformatics within the National Working Plan Code. Another
case study is of Geoinformatics, Climate Change, Habitat Dynamics
and a Case of Vultures in Central India, focusing on vulture
ecology and related climatic variables, assessed with
geoinformatics, Species Distribution Models (SDMs) and Global
Circulation Models (GCMs). Other topics concern the use of tracking
technologies including drones, the use of thermal and infrared
drones in the study of large mammalian carnivores, the role of
remote sensing and GIS in the assessment of natural resource
development, clustering around the central concept of change
detection, and the monitoring of agricultural development using
socio-cultural parameters. This book presents these issues as some
factors among the vast number of current ecological issues.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
