GIS methodologies for developing conservation strategies : tropical forest recovery and wildlife management in Costa Rica /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[1998]
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| Series: | Biology and resource management in the tropics series.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
Table of Contents:
- The spatial nature of conservation and development / Thomas E. Lacher, Jr.
- Conservation mapping in Costa Rica / Christopher Vaughan, Jorge Fallas, Michael McCoy
- Digital mapping technologies / Basil G. Savitsky
- GIS / Basil G. Savitsky
- Image analysis / Basil G. Savitsky
- GPS / Jeffery S. Allen
- GIS design and implementation at La Selva Biological Station / Elizabeth A. Wentz, Joseph A. Bishop
- Use of digital elevation models in tropical rain forest basins to extract basic hydrologic and land use information / G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa
- Using a GIS to determine critical areas in the Central Volcanic Cordillera Conservation Area / Gregoire Leclerc, Johnny Rodriguez Chacon
- Application of the HEP methodology and use of GIS to identify priority sites for the management of white-tailed deer / Wilfredo Segura Lopez
- The Paseo Pantera Project: a case study using GIS to improve continental-scale conservation planning / J. David Lambert, Margaret H. Carr
- Overview of gap analysis / Basil G. Savitsky
- Wildlife and habitat data collection and analysis / Basil G. Savitsky, Jorge Fallas, Christopher Vaughan, and Thomas E. Lacher Jr.
- Error and the gap analysis model / Jennifer N. Morgan, Basil G. Savitsky
- A GIS method for conservation decision making / Basil G. Savitsky, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr.
- Using the gap analysis model for sustainable development and natural resources management in developing countries / Thomas E. Lacher, Jr.
- Application of the gap analysis model in regional and international programs in the tropics / Thomas E. Lacher, Jr., G. Wesley Burnett, Basil G. Savitsky, and Christopher Vaughan.