Using niche models to support conservation decisions
A methodological assessment of Species Distribution Models as tools to plan species conservation and niche modelling
... 114 Acknowledgements I would like to thank all the people who have contributed to achieve my goal. First of all, I thank my tutor Prof. Danilo Russo for believing in me and his support over my academic studies. ...
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Benefit Cost Models to Support Pavement Management Decisions
... 42 Figure 12. Comparison of Average Annual Budget for Each District Based on Table 13, the predicted deficiency levels obtained by Approach A vary significantly from district to district, although the overall deficiency ...
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Using ecological models to explore niche partitioning within a guild of desert felids
... ecological models, and particularly the analysis of the response curve profiles, suggest com- petition for some habitats ...measuring niche breadth and overlap, reinforcing the distinct degree of ...
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Using Land Use Planning Tools to Support Strategic Conservation
... Overview The comprehensive plan (sometimes called a master plan or general plan) is adopted by cities, towns, and counties to describe priorities and policy direction for future growth, development, and ...
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Using climate information to support crop breeding decisions and adaptation in agriculture
... weaknesses of available approaches. Better knowledge is needed on climate-related thresholds important to crop breeders, for example on the frequency and severity of extreme climate events relevant to the product ...
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Household water use and conservation models using Monte Carlo techniques
... least-cost conservation component incorporates house- hold behavior into the existing conditions ...Each conservation action has an associated cost and effectiveness in reducing water use dependent on the ...
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Biogeography and conservation of mammals from the West Sahara-Sahel: an application of ecological niche-based models and GIS Cândida G
... region. Using a geographical information system and ecological niche-based modelling tools, this study combines high resolution presence data from 22 mammals and envir- onmental factors from the West ...
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Catchment characterization to support water monitoring and management decisions using remote sensing
... environmental monitoring. Moreover, publicly available RS data are collected at regional scales and temporal res- olutions (i.e., repeat collection time) that are much more frequent than field sampling campaigns [4]. ...
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Identifying predictable foraging habitats for a wide-ranging marine predator using ensemble ecological niche models
... Ecological niche modelling can provide valuable insight into the environmental preferences of wide-ranging species, and can aid identification of key habitats for populations of conservation ...ecological ...
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BEHAVIORAL CHANGE MODELS – A NICHE TO CREATE POSITIVE HEALTH OUTCOME
... rational decisions based on their knowledge, personal values and ...When using this theory in a community intervention, the behavior of the collective community may be more easily predicted than that of the ...
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Decision support frameworks and tools for conservation
... of conservation occurs within complex socioecological systems fraught with challenges that require transparent, defensible, and often so- cially engaged project planning and ...help conservation ...
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Using satellite telemetry and environmental niche modelling to inform conservation targets for a long-distance migratory raptor in its wintering grounds
... We thank Jesus T. Garcia, Bob Stakim, Evgeny and Alexander Bragin, Todd Katzner, and Alexei Timoshenko for help during the fieldwork in Kazakhstan, Ewan Weston for technical support, the late Mike Madders for ...
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Potential distribution modelling, niche characterization and conservation status assessment using GIS tools: a case study of Iberian Copris species
... clearly support the hypothesis of a higher heter- ogeneity in the co-occurrence areas, as only two of the five environmental diversity variables tested presented higher values in these ...
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CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT FOR HEART DISEASE USING PREDICTIVE MODELS
... With the advent of computing power and medical technology, diverse and elaborate classification algorithms have been developed to mine the data. Due to the reasons mentioned above, Data-driven decision making has become ...
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Using ontologies to support and critique decisions
... decision support, decision critiquing, organisational memories, cost-benefits analysis ...decision support research, the notion of group-targeted technologies has been at the centre of attention, based on ...
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Optimization models to support sustainable electricity planning decisions
... decades, models and concepts related to sustainable electricity planning decisions have been changed according to the society, energy policy objectives and ...optimization models plays an important ...
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Occupy the Financial Niche – Saturation and Crisis (discontinuous decisions)
... Abstract: The model presented is proposing an approach that could verify the nonlinear behaviour during a crisis, such that to quantify and predict potential discontinuous behaviour. In this case, the crisis behaviour ...
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Using 3D scanning to support conservation treatments for paintings
... Conclusion In this paper, we presented CGT as a method for documenting and quantifying visual material behavior using three different case studies. The case studies demonstrated that CGT’s capacity to register ...
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Exploring Land Conservation Using Economic and Geospatial Models
... into conservation through long term easements or purchases by the state or non-governmental organizations could play a role in ameliorating economic damages to private citizens while simultaneously improving and ...
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USING QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC DECISIONS 1
... organisations are aware of strategic risk. A full, open and frequent discussion of it is a key to being able to address risk in making high-reliability decisions. 3. Risk data are difficult and expensive to ...
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