Description: While many "alien" plant and animal species are purposefully introduced into new areas as ornamentals, livestock, crops, and even pets, these species can escape into other areas and threaten agricultural and native ecosystems causing economic and environmental harm, or harm to human health. Increasingly, scientists are using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to track and manage the invaders, mitigate the potential rate of spread and level of impact, and protect the native economy and ecosystem. Beginning with an introduction to the use of GIS technology to capture, store, analyze, manage, and present data, GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume Three: Invasive Species examines five relevant categories of geographic information including dispersal and transport, prediction and forecasting, mapping of current infestations, maps for management and control tactics, and impact assessment and method of control. It address GIS for studying the population ecology of a new species, niche requirements for species success, and the monitoring and control of several different species including Australian examples of intentionally introduced invasive species, insects and other animals that may also vector a disease, and invasive weed management from prediction to management. Chapters cover maps and imageries available on various Web sites and provide step-by-step tutorials or case studies that allow manipulation of datasets featured on the accompanying CD-ROM to make maps, perform statistical analyses, and predict future problems. It offers hands-on experience with a variety of software programs that create interactive queries (user-created searches), analyze spatial information, edit data and maps, and present the results of these operations in several different formats. Some of the programs are freeware, others are not, but each can be used to integrate, edit, share, and display geographic information. Color figures are also available on the CD-ROM.
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EAN: 9781420078800
UPC: 9781420078800
ISBN: 9781420078800
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Book Title: GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume Three: Inv
Item Length: 23.4 cm
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
Publication Name: Gis Applications in Agriculture, Volume Three: Invasive Species
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis INC International Concepts
Item Height: 234 mm
Subject: Safety
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 794 g
Subject Area: Natural Science
Author: Sharon A. Clay
Item Width: 156 mm
Series: Gis Applications in Agriculture
Format: Hardcover