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GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Biogeography and Ecology

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Andrew C. Millington

    1. University of Leicester, UK

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  2. Stephen J. Walsh

    1. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

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  3. Patrick E. Osborne

    1. University of Stirling, UK

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Part of the book series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science (SECS, volume 626)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction — Thinking Spatially

    • Andrew C. Millington, Stephen J. Walsh, Patrick E. Osborne
    Pages 1-6

  3. A Spectral Unmixing Approach to Leaf Area Index (LAI) Estimation at the Alpine Treeline Ecotone

    • Daniel G. Brown
    Pages 7-21

  4. The Utilization of Airborne Digital Multispectral Image Dynamics and Kinematic Global Positioning Systems for Assessing and Monitoring Salt Marsh Habitats in Southern California

    • Douglas Stow, Alice E. Brewster, Brian K. Bradshaw
    Pages 23-45

  5. Spatial Variability in Satellite-Derived Seasonal Vegetation Dynamics

    • Simon D. Jones, Andrew C. Millington, Barry K. Wyatt
    Pages 47-67

  6. Documenting Land Cover History of a Humid Tropical Environment in Northeastern Costa Rica Using Time-Series Remotely Sensed Data

    • Jane M. Read, Julie S. Denslow, Sandra M. Guzman
    Pages 69-89

  7. Patterns of Change in Land Use, Land Cover, and Plant Biomass: Separating Intra- and Inter-Annual Signals in Monsoon-Driven Northeast Thailand

    • Stephen J. Walsh, Kelley A. Crews-Meyer, Thomas W. Crawford, William F. Welsh, Barbara Entwisle, Ronald R. Rindfuss
    Pages 91-108

  8. Barriers and Species Persistence in a Simulated Grassland Community

    • David M. Cairns
    Pages 109-122

  9. Feedback and Pattern in Computer Simulations of the Alpine Treeline Ecotone

    • Matthew F. Bekker, George P. Malanson, Kathryn J. Alftine, David M. Cairns
    Pages 123-138

  10. Spatial Pattern and Dynamics of an Annual Woodland Herb

    • Lucy Bastin, Chris D. Thomas
    Pages 139-161

  11. Spatial Analysis of Micro-Environmental Change and Forest Composition in Belize

    • Peter A. Furley, Malcolm Penn, Neil M. Bird, Malcolm R. Murray, Doug R. Lewis
    Pages 163-177

  12. The Radiate Capitulum Morph of Senecio Vulgaris L. Within Sussex: The Use of GIS in Establishing Origins

    • Stephen Waite, Niall Burnside
    Pages 179-192

  13. A Geographical Information Science (GISc) Approach to Exploring Variation in The Bush Cricket Ephippiger ephippiger

    • David M. Kidd, Michael G. Ritchie
    Pages 193-211

  14. The GIS Representation of Wildlife Movements: A Framework

    • Ling Bian
    Pages 213-228

  15. Stratified Sampling for Field Survey of Environmental Gradients in the Mojave Desert Ecoregion

    • Janet Franklin, Todd Keeler-Wolf, Kathryn A. Thomas, David A. Shaari, Peter A. Stine, Joel Michaelsen et al.
    Pages 229-253

  16. Development of Vegetation Pattern in Primary Successions on Glacier Forelands in Southern Norway

    • Günter A. Grimm
    Pages 255-270

  17. Multi-Scale Analysis of Landcover Composition and Landscape Management of Public and Private Lands in Indiana

    • Tom P. Evans, Glen M. Green, Laura A. Carlson
    Pages 271-287

  18. Shifting Cultivation Without Deforestation: A Case Study in the Mountains of Northwestern Vietnam

    • Jefferson Fox, Stephen Leisz, Dao Minh Truong, A. Terry Rambo, Nghiem Phuong Tuyen, Le Trong Cuc
    Pages 289-307

  19. Linking Biogeography and Environmental Management in the Wetland Landscape of Coastal North Carolina

    • Nina M. Kelly
    Pages 309-328

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 329-333
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In recent years, the conservation of tropical forests has received worldwide publicity whereas effective forest management, particularly for timber extraction, has attracted little attention and gained some notoriety. The overall aim of the present paper was to examine how environmental micro-variation in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve of Belize can influence species distribution and thereby inform management strategy. The paper deals first with the background to forest management in Belize, then considers the methodology used in the present study and fin~~ly assesses the preliminary results. The specific objectives are: (1) to assess the effects of changing scale on the variability of selected individual soil properties in forest plots within the same vegetation class; and (2) to examine the variation in soil properties and tree species distribution, and to integrate environmental and ecological data over a range of scales. BACKGROUND Whereas the global and regional distribution of tropical forests is broadly governed by climatic and altitudinal variation, individual forest tracts need to consider a range of other, locally important factors to explain species distribution and change. With very high species diversity, tropical forests present a major challenge in the attempt to unravel controlling factors in distribution and growth (Swaine et aI. 1987). Research that attempts to explain diversity has looked at species distribution according to a range of factors, with a general recognition that soil fertility plays a significant if ill­ defined role (Swaine 1996).

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Leicester, UK

    Andrew C. Millington

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

    Stephen J. Walsh

  • University of Stirling, UK

    Patrick E. Osborne

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