Landscape pattern analysis for assessing ecosystem condition /

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Author / Creator:Johnson, Glen D.
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
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Other authors / contributors:Patil, Ganapati P.
ISBN:0387376844 (hbk)
9780387376844 (hbk)
0387376852 (ebk)
9780387376851 (ebk)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-127) and index.
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