
Transport Processes in Nature Hardback with CD-ROM
Propagation of Ecological Influences Through Environmental Space
Cambridge University Press
Published on 8. July 2004
Book
Mixed media product
314 pages
978-0-521-80049-5 (ISBN)
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Description
This book provides a new perspective on how events or conditions in environmental space have influences at other places in that space. In the first half of the book, the authors introduce the general question of propagation of ecological influences through environmental space (terrestrial, aquatic and aerial), then lay out a system for its analysis by organization into four components: initiating events or conditions, vectors conducting influences over space, entities that are transported, and the consequences of these propagation processes. Methods of representing environmental heterogeneity and for modeling transport processes are discussed in the context of such propagations. In the second half of the book, properties of eight general transport vectors and examples of transport models in realistic ecological situations are explained. For each of the vectors, a simulation model is provided on a CD included with the book (users require access to ArcView GIS software).
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 Tables, unspecified; 27 Halftones, unspecified; 77 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 180 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
837 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-80049-5 (9780521800495)
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William A. Reiners | Kenneth L. Driese
Transport Processes in Nature PB with CD-ROM
Propagation of Ecological Influences Through Environmental Space
Book
07/2004
Cambridge University Press
€101.02
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Additional editions

William A. Reiners | Kenneth L. Driese
Transport Processes in Nature PB with CD-ROM
Propagation of Ecological Influences Through Environmental Space
Book
07/2004
Cambridge University Press
€101.02
Shipment within 15-20 days
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Content
Part I: 1. Flows and movements in ecology; 2. Causes, mechanisms and consequences of propagating influences; 3. How do we see nature?; 4. Representing and predicting propagation phenomena: modeling in explicit-realistic space; Part II: 5. Introduction to Part II; 6. Diffusion; 7. Colluvial transport; 8. Wind transport; 9. Fire; 10. Fluvial transport; 11. Animal movement; 12. Electromagnetic radiation; 13. The propagation of sound; References; Index.