Spatial Uncertainty in Ecology: Implications for Remote Sensing and GIS Applications

Carolyn Hunsaker

ISBN 10: 0387988890 / ISBN 13: 9780387988894

Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2001

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This is one of the first books to take an ecological perspective on uncertainty in spatial data. It applies principles and techniques from geography and other disciplines to ecological research, and thus delivers the tools of cartography, cognition, spatial statistics, remote sensing and computer sciences by way of spatial data. After describing the uses of such data in ecological research, the authors discuss how to account for the effects of uncertainty in various methods of analysis.

Contenuti: Introduction and Overview * Use of Spatial Data in Ecological Analysis Spatial Ecological Models * Coastal Sage Scrub Case Study * Incorporating Uncertainties in Animal Location and Map Classification into Habitat Relationships Modeling * Generic Issues Regarding Uncertainty in Spatial Data * METHODS Mapping Ecological Uncertainty * A Cognitive View of Spatial Uncertainty * Spatial Analyses of Ecological Data * Geostatistical Models of Uncertainty for Spatial Data * Spatial Linear Models in Ecology * Characterizing Uncertainty in Digital Elevation Models * Uncertainty of Multinominal Spatial Data * An Overview of Uncertainty in Remote Sensing for Ecological Applications * Remote Sensing Classification of Forest Covertype and Estimation of Stand Leaf Area Index for Modeling Net Primary Production * Spatially Variable Thematic Accuracy: Beyond the Confusion Matrix * Modeling Spatial Variation of Classification Accuracy Under Fuzzy Logic * Set Theoretic Approaches to Uncertainty in Spatial Information * Roles of Meta-Information in Uncertainty Management * Making Decisions Under Uncertainty Using GIS * Epilogue

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Titolo: Spatial Uncertainty in Ecology: Implications...
Casa editrice: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: Paperback / softback
Condizione: New