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Title GIS methodologies for developing conservation strategies : tropical forest recovery and wildlife management in Costa Rica / Basil G. Savitsky and Thomas E. Lacher Jr., editors
Published New York : Columbia University Press, [1998]
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 242 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Biology and resource management series
Biology and resource management in the tropics series.
Contents The spatial nature of conservation and development / Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. -- Conservation mapping in Costa Rica / Christopher Vaughan, Jorge Fallas, Michael McCoy -- Digital mapping technologies / Basil G. Savitsky -- GIS / Basil G. Savitsky -- Image analysis / Basil G. Savitsky -- GPS / Jeffery S. Allen -- GIS design and implementation at La Selva Biological Station / Elizabeth A. Wentz, Joseph A. Bishop -- Use of digital elevation models in tropical rain forest basins to extract basic hydrologic and land use information / G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa -- Using a GIS to determine critical areas in the Central Volcanic Cordillera Conservation Area / Gregoire Leclerc, Johnny Rodriguez Chacon -- Application of the HEP methodology and use of GIS to identify priority sites for the management of white-tailed deer / Wilfredo Segura Lopez -- The Paseo Pantera Project: a case study using GIS to improve continental-scale conservation planning / J. David Lambert, Margaret H. Carr -- Overview of gap analysis / Basil G. Savitsky -- Wildlife and habitat data collection and analysis / Basil G. Savitsky, Jorge Fallas, Christopher Vaughan, and Thomas E. Lacher Jr. -- Error and the gap analysis model / Jennifer N. Morgan, Basil G. Savitsky -- A GIS method for conservation decision making / Basil G. Savitsky, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. -- Using the gap analysis model for sustainable development and natural resources management in developing countries / Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. -- Application of the gap analysis model in regional and international programs in the tropics / Thomas E. Lacher, Jr., G. Wesley Burnett, Basil G. Savitsky, and Christopher Vaughan
Summary -- Michael A. Mares, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Wildlife conservation -- Costa Rica -- Remote sensing
Forest conservation -- Costa Rica -- Remote sensing
Geographic information systems -- Costa Rica
Digital mapping.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity.
NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Digital mapping
Forest conservation -- Remote sensing
Geographic information systems
Wildlife conservation -- Remote sensing
Geoinformationssystem
Tropischer Regenwald
Naturschutz
Aufsatzsammlung
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Form Electronic book
Author Savitsky, Basil G., editor.
Lacher, Thomas E., editor.
LC no. 97038069
ISBN 0231505019
9780231505017
Other Titles Geographic information systems metholologies for developing conservation strategies