Gradient Modelling

1. Front Matter

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2. Resource Management Information Systems

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Introduction

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   3. The Needs of Resource Management and Land Management Planning

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   4. Review of Some Methods, Information Systems, and Models

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3. The Glacier National Park Study

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Introduction to Glacier National Park

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   3. Overview of Glacier’s Terrestrial Communities

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   4. Field Methodology

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   5. Analytical Methodology

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   6. The Gradient Model

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   7. Forest Communities

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   8. Forest Successions

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   9. Other Terrestrial Communities

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   10. Diversity Relationships

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4. Implementation of the Glacier National Park Gradient Modeling Information System

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Gradient Models as the Base for a Dynamic Information System

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   3. Structure and Components of the Resource and Fire Model

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   4. Testing the Model

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   5. Model Computer Program, Operation, and Utility

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This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environmen­ tal management. Each volume will be a thorough treatment of a specific topic of importance for proper management practices. A fundamental objective ofthese books is to help the reader discern and implement man's stewardship of our environment and the world's renewable resources. For we must strive to understand the relationship between man and nature, act to bring harmony to it and nurture an environment that is both stable and productive. These objectives have often eluded us because the pursuit of other indi­ vidual and societal goals has diverted us from a course of living in balance with the environment. At times, therefore, the environmental manager may have to exert restrictive control, which is usually best applied to man, not nature. Attempts to alter or harness nature have often failed or backfired, as exemplified by the results of imprudent use of herbicides, fertilizers, water and other agents. Each book in this series will shed light on the fundamental and applied aspects of environmental management. It is hoped that each will help solve a practical and serious environmental problem.

• Environmental Management
• Glacier National Park /Biologie
• Modeling
• Simulation
• development
• ecology
• environment
• vegetation
• Ökologie
• Forestry Management

• Gradient Modeling, Inc., Missoula, USA

  Stephen R. Kessell

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