Ecological modeling:a common-sense approach to theory and practice
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Blackwell Pub.,
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Publisher Address: | Malden, MA Oxford |
Publication Dates: | 2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 155 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
140516168X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405161688 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | Q141 |
CLC: | Q141 |
Call Number: | Q141/G763 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-132) and index. 1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. Common-sense solutions: three exercises -- 1. Common-sense solutions -- Pt. 2. Modeling theory -- 3. Theory I: the conceptual model -- 4. Theory II: the quantitative model -- 5. Theory III: model evaluation -- 6. Theory IV: model application -- Pt. 3. Modeling practice -- 7. Some common pitfalls -- 8. The modeling process in practice -- Pt. 4. Theory, practice, and common sense -- 9. The common-sense problems revisted -- 10. Reflections -- App. A. Introduction to the ecological modeling literature -- App. B. Scientific reports for the examples in Chapter 2. |