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The social ecology of crime
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ISBN: 038796231X 146138608X 1461386063 9780387962313 354096231X Year: 1986 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Springer

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Landscape Simulation Modeling : A Spatially Explicit, Dynamic Approach
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ISBN: 0387008357 9786610188994 1280188995 0387215557 9780387008356 Year: 2004 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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The world consists of many complex systems, ranging from our own bodies to ecosystems to economic systems. Despite their diversity, complex systems have many structural and functional features in common that can be effectively si- lated using powerful, user-friendly software. As a result, virtually anyone can - plore the nature of complex systems and their dynamical behavior under a range of assumptions and conditions. This ability to model dynamic systems is already having a powerful influence on teaching and studying complexity. The books in this series will promote this revolution in “systems thinking” by integrating computational skills of numeracy and techniques of dynamic mod- ing into a variety of disciplines. The unifying theme across the series will be the power and simplicity of the model-building process, and all books are designed to engage the reader in developing their own models for exploration of the dyn- ics of systems that are of interest to them. Modeling Dynamic Systems does not endorse any particular modeling paradigm or software. Rather, the volumes in the series will emphasize simplicity of lea- ing, expressive power, and the speed of execution as priorities that will facilitate deeper system understanding.

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Environmental planning --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- General ecology and biosociology --- United States --- Landscape ecology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Computer simulation --- Life sciences. --- Computer simulation. --- Applied ecology. --- Ecosystems. --- Landscape ecology. --- Environmental management. --- Life Sciences. --- Landscape Ecology. --- Applied Ecology. --- Environmental Management. --- Simulation and Modeling. --- Environmental Monitoring/Analysis. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Monitoring/Environmental Analysis. --- Environmental monitoring. --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Environmental quality --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Pollution --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Computer modeling --- Computer models --- Modeling, Computer --- Models, Computer --- Simulation, Computer --- Electromechanical analogies --- Mathematical models --- Simulation methods --- Model-integrated computing --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Environmental protection --- Nature conservation --- Measurement --- Monitoring --- Landscape ecology - Computer simulation --- Landscape ecology - United States - Computer simulation - Case studies


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Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape Disturbances
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ISBN: 9783319198095 3319198084 9783319198088 3319198092 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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Forest landscape disturbances are a global phenomenon. Simulation models are an important tool in understanding these broad scale processes and exploring their effects on forest ecosystems. This book contains a collection of insights from a group of ecologists who address a variety of processes: physical disturbances such as drought, wind, and fire; biological disturbances such as defoliating insects and bark beetles; anthropogenic influences; interactions among disturbances; effects of climate change on disturbances; and the recovery of forest landscapes from disturbances—all from a simulation modeling perspective. These discussions and examples offer a broad synopsis of the state of this rapidly evolving subject.


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Sustaining young forest communities : ecology and management of early successional habitats in the Central Hardwood Region, USA
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ISBN: 9400716192 9400716206 Year: 2011 Publisher: Dordrecht [Netherlands] : Springer,

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There is a rising concern among natural resource scientists and managers about decline of the many plant and animal species associated with early successional habitats, especially within the Central Hardwood Region.  Open sites with grass, herbaceous, shrub, or incomplete young forest cover are disappearing as abandoned farmland and pastures return to forest and recently harvested or disturbed forests re-grow.  There are many questions about “why, what, where, and how” to manage for early successional habitats.  Tradeoffs among ecological services such as carbon storage, hydrologic processes, forest products, and biotic diversity between young, early successional habitats and mature forest are not fully understood.  Personal values and attitudes regarding forest management for conservation purposes versus "letting nature take its course," complicate finding common ground on whether and how to create or sustain early successional habitats.  In this book, expert scientists and experienced land managers synthesize knowledge and original scientific work to address critical questions sparked by the decline of early successional habitats.  We focus on habitats created by natural disturbances or management of upland hardwood forests and discuss how they can be sustainably created and managed in a landscape context.  Together, chapters written by ecologists, conservationists, and land managers provide a balanced view of how past, current, and future scenarios affect the extent and quality of early successional habitat and implications for ecosystem services and disturbance-dependant plants and animals in upland hardwood forest of the Central Hardwood Region.  .

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Forest ecology -- United States. --- Forest ecology. --- Forestry -- United States. --- Forests. --- Forest succession --- Forest ecology --- Forest management --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Forestry --- Ecology --- Life sciences. --- Applied ecology. --- Biodiversity. --- Ecosystems. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Life Sciences. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Applied Ecology. --- Wildlife management. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Environmental protection --- Nature conservation --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Natural resources --- Wildlife conservation --- Management --- Ecology . --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Vertebrates --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences


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Agricide : the hidden farm and food crisis that affects us all.
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ISBN: 0894649450 9780894649455 Year: 1996 Publisher: Malabar Krieger

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Animal welfare --- Food industry and trade --- Agricultural ecology --- Agricultural industries --- Agricultural pollution --- Animal industry --- -Agricultural industries --- -Agricultural pollution --- -Animal industry --- -Animal welfare --- -Food industry and trade --- -504.062 --- 631.151.6 --- 502.55 --- 631.95 --- Food preparation --- Food preparation industry --- Food processing --- Food processing industry --- Food trade --- Agricultural processing industries --- Processed foods --- Abuse of animals --- Animal cruelty --- Animals --- Animals, Cruelty to --- Animals, Protection of --- Animals, Treatment of --- Cruelty to animals --- Humane treatment of animals --- Kindness to animals --- Mistreatment of animals --- Neglect of animals --- Prevention of cruelty to animals --- Protection of animals --- Treatment of animals --- Welfare, Animal --- Animal products industry --- Livestock industry --- Agricultural runoff --- Runoff, Agricultural --- Agriculture --- Pollution --- Agribusiness --- Industries --- Agroecology --- Ecology --- Permaculture --- Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- Integrated farm production systems. Sustainable agriculture --- Pollution, contamination danger. Protection against pollution --- Agrarian ecology --- Abuse of --- Social aspects --- Environmental aspects --- Diet --- Factory farms --- Livestock --- Basic Sciences. Agriculture --- Alternative Farming --- Organic Farming --- Intentions for Organic Farming --- Intentions for Organic Farming. --- 631.95 Agrarian ecology --- 502.55 Pollution, contamination danger. Protection against pollution --- 631.151.6 Integrated farm production systems. Sustainable agriculture --- 504.062 Protection, rational use, restoration of natural resources. Sustainable development --- 504.062 --- Animal factories --- CAFOs (Farms) --- Concentrated animal feeding operations --- Confined animal feeding operations --- Factory farming --- Factory-sized livestock farms --- Farm factories --- Industrial livestock farms --- Livestock factories --- Mega-livestock farms --- Livestock farms --- Meat industry and trade --- Animal welfare - United States --- Food industry and trade - United States --- Agricultural ecology - United States --- Agricultural industries - United States --- Agricultural pollution - United States --- Animal industry - United States

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