Practitioner's Handbook on the Modelling of Dynamic Change in Ecosystems
Published on 30. April 1988
Book
Hardback
196 pages
978-0-471-10519-0 (ISBN)
Description
The variety of techniques available which environmental scientists and managers can use to model environmental change are described in this handbook. The book begins by defining ecological systems and their dynamics, before outlining modelling techniques and their inter-relationships. The author then looks at systems analysis and the various types of models which can be used. The book will be of value to a wide range of environmental scientists using modelling techniques, and its handbook approach will be a useful tool to people in a number of related fields.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
465 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-10519-0 (9780471105190)
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Content
ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR DYNAMICS: Definition of Ecological Systems; Conceptual Models of Dynamic Changes; OUTLINE OF MODELLING TECHNIQUES AND THEIR INTER- RELATIONSHIPS: Models; Families of Mathematical Models; Choice of Models for Dynamic Change of Ecosystems; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS: MAB Concept of Systems Analysis; Sensitivity Analysis; The Value of Systems Analysis; DYNAMIC MODELS AND SUB-MODELS: Origins and Development of Dynamic Models; Differential and Difference Equations; Computational Solutions of Dynamic Models; MARKOV MODELS AND RELATED PROCEDURES: Transition Matrices; Powers of Markov Transition Matrices; Analysis of an Ergodic Markov Chain; Dependence, Order and Step Length in Markov Chains; Generating Sequences of Events from Markov Chains; Advantages and Disadvantages of Markov-Type Models; MULTIVARIATE MODELS: Origins and Development of Multivariate Models; Notation; Choice of Method of Analysis; Ordination; Cluster Analysis.