Land Use, Climate Change and Biodiversity Modeling: Perspectives and Applications

Title
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List of Reviewers......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 5
DetailedTable of Contents......Page 10
Foreword......Page 18
Foreword......Page 19
Preface......Page 20
Acknowledgment......Page 22
Linkage between Biodiversity, Land Use Informatics and Climate Change......Page 24
Consequences of Deforestation and Climate Change on Biodiversity......Page 47
Geo-Informatics for Land Use and Biodiversity Studies......Page 75
Monitoring Biodiversity Using Remote Sensing and Field Surveys......Page 101
Integrated Modeling of Global Environmental Change (IMAGE)......Page 127
Simulating Land Use Policies Targeted to Protect Biodiversity with the CLUE-Scanner Model......Page 142
Landscape Biodiversity Characterization in Ecoregion 29 Using MODIS......Page 156
Applying GLOBIO at Different Geographical Levels......Page 173
Modeling Species Distribution......Page 194
Modeling Land Use and Biodiversity in Northern Thailand......Page 222
The Current and Future Status of Floristic Provinces in Thailand......Page 242
Biodiversity Modelling Experiences in Ukraine......Page 271
Regional Scenarios of Biodiversity State in the Tropical Andes......Page 288
The Influence of Changing Conservation Paradigms on Identifying Priority Protected Area Locations......Page 309
Land Degradation and Biodiversity Loss in Southeast Asia......Page 326
Sustainable Land Use and Watershed Management in Response to Climate Change Impacts......Page 351
Modeling of current and future state of biodiversity in Central America using GLOBIO3 methodology......Page 372
Spatial Model Approach for Deforestation......Page 399
Embedding Biodiversity Modelling in the Policy Process......Page 411
Conclusion and Recommendations......Page 426
Compilation of References......Page 437
About the Contributors......Page 495
Index......Page 506