Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction: Ecological Knowledge, Theory and Information in Space and Time....Pages 3-18
Space and Time in Ecology: Noise or Fundamental Driver?....Pages 19-41
The Problem of Ecological Scaling in Spatially Complex, Nonequilibrium Ecological Systems....Pages 43-63
Landscape Ecology: Past, Present, and Future....Pages 65-82
The Gradient Paradigm: A Conceptual and Analytical Framework for Landscape Ecology....Pages 83-108
Data on Distribution and Abundance: Monitoring for Research and Management....Pages 111-129
Animal Movement Data: GPS Telemetry, Autocorrelation and the Need for Path-Level Analysis....Pages 131-149
Using a Random Forest Model and Public Data to Predict the Distribution of Prey for Marine Wildlife Management....Pages 151-163
Landscape Genomics: A Brief Perspective....Pages 165-174
Spatial Information Management in Wildlife Ecology: Adding Spatially Explicit Behaviour Data to the Equation?....Pages 175-191
Critical Remote Sensing Contributions to Spatial Wildlife Ecological Knowledge and Management....Pages 193-221
Spatial Data Management Through Metadata: Global Concepts, Formats, Tools and Requirements....Pages 223-231
Free Database Availability, Metadata and the Internet: An Example of Two High Latitude Components of the Census of Marine Life....Pages 233-243
Components of Spatial Information Management in Wildlife Ecology: Software for Statistical and Modeling Analysis....Pages 245-253
Spatial Analysis of Wildlife Distribution and Disease Spread....Pages 255-272
Current State of the Art for Statistical Modelling of Species Distributions....Pages 273-311
Landscape Genetics....Pages 313-328
Using Geographical Mapping and Occupancy Modeling to Study the Distribution of the Critically Endangered Leopard ( Panthera pardus ) Population in Armenia....Pages 331-347
Mapping Landscape Resistance to Identify Corridors and Barriers for Elephant Movement in Southern Africa....Pages 349-367
Habitat Fragmentation Effects Depend on Complex Interactions Between Population Size and Dispersal Ability: Modeling Influences of Roads, Agriculture and Residential Development Across a Range of Life-History Characteristics....Pages 369-385
Linking Cetaceans to Their Environment: Spatial Data Acquisition, Digital Processing and Predictive Modeling for Marine Spatial Planning in the Northwest Atlantic....Pages 387-408
Multi-spectral Satellite-Airborne Management of Ice Form Marine Mammals and Their Habitat in the Presence of Climate Change Using a “Hot Spots” Approach....Pages 409-427
How Spatial Information Contributes to the Conservation and Management of Biodiversity....Pages 429-444
Future and Outlook: Where Are We, and Where Will the Spatial Information Management in Wildlife Ecology Be in 50 Years from Now?....Pages 445-449
Back Matter....Pages 451-458