Basil G. Savitsky / Thomas E. Lacher Jr. (eds.)

Gebundenes Buch

GIS Methodologies for Developing Conservation Strategies

Tropical Forest Recovery and Willdlife Management in Costa Rica

Beschreibung

Focusing on the biodiversity of Costa Rica, the contributors to this book demonstrate the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to enhance conservation efforts. They give an overview of the spatial nature of conservation and management and the current status of digital mapping in Costa Rica.

Autor

Basil G. Savitsky is assistant professor in the Graduate School of Geography and coordinator of the M.A. program in GIS and International Development at Clark University.Thomas E. Lacher Jr. is professor and Caesar Kleberg Chair in Wildlife Ecology in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A & M University. Formerly the director of the Archbold Tropical Research Center at Clemson University (1989-1996), he is the coauthor, with R. J. Kendall, of Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling: Integrated Studies of Agroecosystems.

Produktdetails

• Biology and Resource Management Series
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 186mm x 261mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 978g
• ISBN-13: 9780231100267
• ISBN-10: 0231100264
• Artikelnr.: 22019824