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Book SynopsisA collection of papers that addresses a variety of problems and approaches for predicting spatial effects in ecological systems. It discusses the spatial dynamics of natural systems and the impact of economic and sociological changes, as well as the adaptation methods from statistical lattice physics.
Table of ContentsIntroductory remarks by S. A. Levin Markovian analysis of the spatially dependent dynamics of beaver ponds by J. Pastor, J. Bonde, C. Johnston, and R. J. Naiman Simulating spatial patterns of land-use change in Rondonia, Brazil by V. H. Dale, F. Southworth, R. V. O'Neill, A. Rosen, and R. Frohn A two-sector model of land use and deforestation: Funding urban development with a tax on urban and rural employment by D. W. Jones and R. V. O'Neill Spatial dynamics in recovery of shortgrass steppe ecosystems by D. P. Coffin, W. K. Lauenroth, and I. C. Burke Renormalization relations for scale transformation in ecology by B. T. Milne and A. R. Johnson Lattices and landscapes by R. E. Plotnick and R. H. Gardner Concluding remarks by R. H. Gardner Appendix, Markov matrices by J. Pastor, J. Bonde, C. Johnston, and R. J. Naiman.
