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Ecology and Natural Resource Management: Systems Analysis and Simulation

ISBN: 978-0-471-13786-3
Hardcover
400 pages
March 1997
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Partial table of contents:

THE SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE.

Basic Concepts of Systems Analysis and Simulation.

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: FOUR PHASES OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS.

Conceptual-Model Formulation.

Quantitative-Model Specification.

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SIMULATION-MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND USE.

Modular Representation of System Structure and Dynamics.

Reporting the Development and Use of Simulation Models.

APPLICATION OF SIMULATION MODELS IN ECOLOGY.

Population Dynamics: Effects of Density-Independent and Density-Dependent Factors.

APPLICATION OF SIMULATION MODELS IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

Forest Management: Effects of Timber Harvest on the Relative Abundance of Wildlife Species.

References.

About the CD-ROM.

Index.