This article presents an overview of multi-agent system models of land-use/cover change
(MAS/LUCC models). This special class of LUCC models combines a cellular landscape …

This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to
all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research …

They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

This book describes the underlying water conditions and geologies that support viable
riparia, illustrates the ecological characteristics of riparia, and discusses how riparia are …

Riparian corridors possess an unusually diverse array of species and environmental
processes. This" ecological" diversity is related to variable flood regimes, geomorphic …

The biomass supply chain is one of the most critical elements of large-scale bioenergy
production and in many cases a key barrier for procuring initial funding for new …

The many ways that people have used and managed land throughout history has emerged
as a primary cause of land‐cover change around the world. Thus, land use and land …

Proponents of the scientific adaptive management approach argue that it increases
knowledge acquisition rates, enhances information flow among policy actors, and provides …

Land use and cover changes are important elements of the larger problem of global
environmental change. Land use patterns result in land cover changes that cumulatively …

The objective of this paper is to simulate the location of land-use change, specifically forest
disturbance, in Costa Rica over several decades. This paper presents a GIS-based model …