GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume Three: Invasive Species
While many "alien" plant and animal species are successfully introduced in new areas as ornamentals, livestock, crops and even domestic animals, these species can escape to other areas and threaten agricultural ecosystems. and indigenous people, causing economic and environmental damage or harm to health. Scientists are increasingly using geographic information systems (GIS) to track and manage invaders, mitigate the potential rate of spread and level of impact, and protect the indigenous economy and ecosystem.
Beginning with an introduction to the use of GIS technology to capture, store, analyze, manage and present data, GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume Three: Invasive Species, examines five relevant categories of geographic information, including dispersal and transportation, forecasting and forecasting, mapping. current infestations, maps for management and control tactics, as well as impact assessment and control method. It addresses GIS to study the ecology of populations of a new species, the niche needs for species success, and the monitoring and control of several different species, including Australian examples of invasively introduced invasive species. insects and other animals that can also be disease vectors weed management from prediction to management.
The chapters cover the maps and images available on various websites and provide step-by-step tutorials or case studies for manipulating datasets on the supplied CD-ROM to create maps, perform statistical analyzes, and predict future problems. It provides hands-on experience with a variety of software that creates interactive queries (user-created searches), analyzes spatial information, modifies data and maps, and presents the results of these operations in several different formats. Some programs are free, others not, but each of them can be used to integrate, edit, share and display geographic information. Colors are also available on the CD-ROM.
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