GIS methodologies for developing conservation strategies : tropical forest recovery and wildlife management in Costa Rica

GIS methodologies for developing conservation strategies : tropical forest recovery and wildlife management in Costa Rica /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Savitsky, Basil G. (Editor), Lacher, Thomas E. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [1998]
Series:Biology and resource management in the tropics series.
Subjects:
Wildlife conservation > Costa Rica > Remote sensing.
Forest conservation > Costa Rica > Remote sensing.
Geographic information systems > Costa Rica.
Digital mapping.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Digital mapping
Forest conservation > Remote sensing
Geographic information systems
Wildlife conservation > Remote sensing
Geoinformationssystem
Tropischer Regenwald
Naturschutz
Aufsatzsammlung
Costa Rica
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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.

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