Landscape pattern analysis for assessing ecosystem condition /
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| Author / Creator: | Johnson, Glen D. |
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : Springer, c2006. |
| Description: | xvi, 130 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Environmental and ecological statistics ; 1 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6227615 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 1. Loss of Biodiversity through Excessive Habitat Fragmentation
- 2. Land Use Pattern and Surface Water Quality
- 3. Quantifying Landscape Pattern
- 4. Application to Watershed-Delineated Landscapes in Pennsylvania
- 4.1. Land Cover Grids
- 4.2. Watersheds based on the State Water Management Plan
- 2. Methods for Quantitative Characterization of Landscape Pattern
- 1. Single-resolution Measurements
- 2. The Conditional Entropy Profile
- 2.1. Computing Conditional Entropy of Expected Frequencies based on Single -Resolution Maps
- 3. Illustrations
- 1. Example 1: Checkerboard Map
- 2. Example 2: Irregular Black and White Map
- 3. Example 3: Illustration with Actual Landscapes
- 4. Classifying Pennsylvania Watersheds on the Basis of Landscape Characteristics
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Clustering Watersheds into Common Groups
- 3. Comparison to Conditional Entropy Profiles
- 5. Predictability of Surface Water Pollution in Pennsylvania Using Watershed-Based Landscape Measurements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Surface Water Pollution Assessment
- 2.1. Nitrogen Loading
- 2.2. Pollution Potential Index
- 3. Selecting an Initial Set of Landscape Pattern Variables
- 4. Linear Models for Relating Water Pollution Loading to Landscape Variables
- 4.1. Predicting In-Stream Nitrogen Loading
- 4.2. Predicting a Pollution Potential Index
- 5. Interpretation
- 6. Predictability of Bird Community-Based Ecological Integrity Using Landscape Variables
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Assessing Ecological Integrity using Songbird Community Composition
- 2.1. Background
- 2.2. Application to Breeding Bird Data
- 2.3. Block-Level BCI Values
- 2.4. Watershed-level Ecological Integrity
- 3. Relating Landscape Attributes to the Songbird-based Assessments of Watershed-wide Ecological Integrity
- 3.1. Linear Regression Modeling
- 3.2. Clustering
- 3.3. Conditional Entropy Profiles
- 4. Ecological Integrity based on All Species in the Breeding Bird Atlas
- 4.1. Relation to Landscape Attributes
- 5. Comparison of the Different Methods for Computing a Bird Community Index
- 6. Summary
- 7. Summary and Future Directions
- 8. References
- Index
