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1 Introduction to Spatial Ecology and Its Relevance for Conservation |
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1.1 What Is Spatial Ecology? |
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1.2 The Importance of Space in Ecology |
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1.3 The Importance of Space in Conservation |
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1.4 The Growth of Frameworks for Spatial Modeling |
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Part I Quantifying Spatial Pattern in Ecological Data |
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2.2 Key Concepts and Approaches |
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2.2.1 Scale Defined and Clarified |
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2.2.2 Why Is Spatial Scale Important? |
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2.2.3 Multiscale and Multilevel Quantitative Problems |
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2.2.4 Spatial Scale and Study Design |
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2.3.3 A Simple Simulated Example |
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2.3.4 Multiscale Species Response to Land Cover |
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2.4 Next Steps and Advanced Issues |
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2.4.1 Identifying Characteristic Scales Beyond Species-Environment Relationships |
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3 Land-Cover Pattern and Change |
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3.2.1 Land Use Versus Land Cover |
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3.2.2 Conceptual Models for Land Cover and Habitat Change |
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3.2.3 Habitat Loss and Fragmentation |
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3.2.4 Quantifying Land-Cover Pattern |
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3.3.3 Quantifying Land-Cover Variation at Different Scales |
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3.3.4 Simulating Land Cover: Neutral Landscapes |
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3.4 Next Steps and Advanced Issues |
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3.4.1 Testing for Pattern Differences Between Landscapes |
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3.4.2 Land-Cover Quantification via Image Processing |
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3.4.3 Categorical Versus Continuous Metrics |
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4 Spatial Dispersion and Point Data |
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4.2 Key Concepts and Approaches |
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4.2.1 Characteristics of Point Patterns |
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4.2.2 Summary Statistics for Point Patterns |
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4.2.3 Common Statistical Models for Point Patterns |
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4.3.3 Creating Point Pattern Data and Visualizing It |
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4.3.4 Univariate Point Patterns |
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4.3.5 Marked Point Patterns |
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4.3.6 Inhomogeneous Point Processes and Point Process Models |
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4.3.7 Alternative Null Models |
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4.3.8 Simulating Point Processes |
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4.4 Next Steps and Advanced Issues |
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4.4.1 Space-Time Analysis |
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4.4.2 Replicated Point Patterns |
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5 Spatial Dependence and Autocorrelation |
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5.2 Key Concepts and Approaches |
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5.2.1 The Causes of Spatial Dependence |
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5.2.2 Why Spatial Dependence Matters |
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5.2.3 Quantifying Spatial Dependence |
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5.3.6 Simulating Spatially Autocorrelated Data |
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5.3.7 Multiscale Analysis |
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5.4 Next Steps and Advanced Issues |
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5.4.1 Local Spatial Dependence |
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5.4.2 Multivariate Spatial Dependence |
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6 Accounting for Spatial Dependence in Ecological Data |
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6.2 Key Concepts and Approaches |
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6.2.1 The Problem of Spatial Dependence in Ecology and Conservation |
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6.2.2 The Generalized Linear Model and Its Extensions |
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6.2.3 General Types of Spatial Models |
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6.2.4 Common Models that Account for Spatial Dependence |
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6.2.5 Inference Versus Prediction |
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6.3.3 Models that Ignore Spatial Dependence |
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6.3.4 Models that Account for Spatial Dependence |
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6.4 Next Steps and Advanced Issues |
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6.4.1 General Bayesian Models for Spatial Dependence |
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6.4.2 Detection Errors and Spatial Dependence |
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Part II Ecological Responses to Spatial Pattern and Conservation |
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7.2 Key Concepts and Approaches |
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7.2.2 Predicting Distributions or Niches? |
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7.2.3 Mechanistic Versus Correlative Distribution Models |
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7.2.4 Data for Correlative Distribution Models |
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7.2.5 Common Types of Distribution Modeling Techniques |
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7.2.6 Combining Models: Ensembles |
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7.3.3 Propping the Data for Modeling |
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7.3.5 Interpreting Environmental Relationships |
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7.3.7 Combining Models: Ensembles |
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7.4 Next Steps and Advanced Issues |
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7.4.1 Incorporating Dispersal |
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7.4.2 Integrating Multiple Data Sources |
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7.4.4 Multi-species Models |
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7.4.5 Sampling Error and Distribution Models |
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8 Space Use and Resource Selection |
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8.2 Key Concepts and Approaches |
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8.2.1 Distinguishing Among the Diversity of Habitat-Related Concepts and Terms |
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8.2.2 Habitat Selection Theory |
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8.2.3 General Types of Habitat Use and Selection Data |
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8.2.4 Home Range and Space Use Approaches |
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8.2.5 Resource Selection Functions at Different Scales |
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8.3.3 Propping the Data for Modeling |
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8.3.4 Home Range Analysis |
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8.3.5 Resource Selection Functions |
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298 | (12) |
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8.4 Next Steps and Advanced Issues |
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310 | (1) |
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8.4.1 Mechanistic Models and the Identification of Hidden States |
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310 | (1) |
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8.4.2 Biotic Interactions |
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311 | (1) |
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8.4.3 Sampling Error and Resource Selection Models |
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9.2 Key Concepts and Approaches |
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9.2.1 The Multiple Meanings of Connectivity |
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9.2.2 The Connectivity Concept |
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324 | (2) |
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9.2.3 Factors Limiting Connectivity |
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9.2.4 Three Common Perspectives on Quantifying Connectivity |
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328 | (7) |
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9.3.3 Functional Connectivity Among Protected Areas for Florida Panthers |
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9.3.4 Patch-Based Networks and Graph Theory |
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9.3.5 Combining Connectivity Mapping with Graph Theory |
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9.4 Next Steps and Advanced Issues |
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9.4.1 Connectivity in Space and Time |
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9.4.2 Individual-Based Models |
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9.4.4 Spatial Capture--Recapture |
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10 Population Dynamics in Space |
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369 | (50) |
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10.2 Key Concepts and Approaches |
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10.2.1 Foundational Population Concepts |
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10.2.2 Spatial Population Concepts |
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10.2.3 Population Viability Analysis |
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10.2.4 Common Types of Spatial Population Models |
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10.3.3 Spatial Correlation and Synchrony |
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10.3.4 Metapopulation Metrics |
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10.3.5 Estimating Colonization--Extinction Dynamics |
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10.3.6 Projecting Dynamics |
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10.3.7 Metapopulation Viability and Environmental Change |
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10.4 Next Steps and Advanced Issues |
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10.4.1 Spatial Population Matrix Models |
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10.4.2 Diffusion and Spatial Dynamics |
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10.4.3 Agent-Based Models |
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10.4.4 Integrated Population Models |
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11 Spatially Structured Communities |
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11.2 Key Concepts and Approaches |
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11.2.1 Spatial Community Concepts |
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11.2.2 Common Approaches to Understanding Community--Environment Relationships |
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11.2.3 Spatial Models for Communities |
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11.3.3 Modeling Communities and Extrapolating in Space |
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11.3.4 Spatial Dependence in Communities |
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11.3.5 Community Models with Explicit Accounting for Space |
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11.4 Next Steps and Advanced Issues |
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11.4.1 Decomposition of Space--Environment Effects |
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11.4.2 Accounting for Dependence Among Species |
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12 What Have We Learned? Looking Back and Pressing Forward |
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12.1 The Impact of Spatial Ecology and Conservation |
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475 | (2) |
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12.2 Looking Forward: Frontiers for Spatial Ecology and Conservation |
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477 | (1) |
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12.3 Where to Go from Here for Advanced Spatial Modeling? |
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Appendix A An Introduction to R |
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Index |
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