Expert Knowledge and Its Application in Landscape Ecology

Expert Knowledge and Its Application in Landscape Ecology

 

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Springer Nature B.V.
Año de edición:
2011
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Conservación del medioambiente
ISBN:
9781461410331

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ForewordAcknowledgementsList of Contributors 1. Experts, expert knowledge, and their roles in landscape ecological applicationsAjith H. Perera, C. Ashton Drew, and Chris J. Johnson 2. What is expert knowledge, how is such knowledge gathered, and how do we use it to address questions in landscape ecology?Marissa F. McBride and Mark A. Burgman 3. Elicitator: a user-friendly, interactive tool to support scenario-based elicitation of expert knowledgeSamantha Low-Choy, Allan James, Justine Murray, and Kerrie Mengersen 4. Eliciting expert knowledge of forest succession using an innovative software toolMichael Drescher, Lisa J. Buse, Ajith H. Perera, and Marc R. Ouellette 5. Expert knowledge as a foundation for the management of secretive species and their habitatC. Ashton Drew and Jaime A. Collazo 6. Incorporating expert knowledge in decision-support models for avian conservationAllison T. Moody and James B. Grand 7. An expert-based modeling approach to inform strategic and operational land management decisions for the recovery of woodland caribouR. Scott McNay 8. Using expert knowledge effectively: lessons from species distribution models for wildlife conservation and management Chris J. Johnson, Michael Hurley, Eric Rapaport, and Michael Pullinger 9. Exploring expert knowledge of forest succession: an assessment of uncertainty and a comparison with empirical data Michael Drescher and Ajith H. Perera 10. Assessing knowledge ambiguity in the creation of a model based on expert knowledge and comparison with the results of a landscape succession model in central LabradorFrédérik Doyon, Brian R. Sturtevant, Michael Papaik, Andrew Fall, Brian Miranda, Dan Kneeshaw, Christian Messier, Marie-Josée Fortin, and Patrick James 11. Use of expert knowledge to develop fuel maps for wildland fire management Robert E. Keane and Matt Reeves 12. Using Bayesian mixture models that combine expert knowledge and GIS data to define ecoregionsKristen J. Williams, Samantha J. Low-Choy, Wayne Rochester, and Clair Alston 13. Eliciting expert knowledge of ecosystem vulnerability to human stressors to support comprehensive ocean managementCarrie V. Kappel, Benjamin S. Halpern, Kimberly A. Selkoe, and Roger M. Cooke 14. Elicitation and use of expert knowledge in landscape ecological applications: a synthesisChris J. Johnson, C. Ashton Drew, and Ajith H. Perera Index

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