Clay S.A. (Ed.) GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume Three: Invasive Species

CRC Press, 2011. — 439 p.While many "alien" plant and animal species are purposefully introduced into new areas as ornamentals, livestock, crops, and even pets, these species can escape into other areas and threaten agricultural and native ecosystems causing economic and environmental harm, or harm to human health. Increasingly, scientists are using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to track and manage the invaders, mitigate the potential rate of spread and level of impact, and protect the native 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 transport, prediction and forecasting, mapping of current infestations, maps for management and control tactics, and impact assessment and method of control. It address GIS for studying the population ecology of a new species, niche requirements for species success, and the monitoring and control of several different species including Australian examples of intentionally introduced invasive species, insects and other animals that may also vector a disease, and invasive weed management from prediction to management.Series Preface.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Editor.
Contributors.
Introduction: Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques for the Detection, Surveillance, and Management of Invasive Species.
Obtaining Spatial Data.
Population Ecology Considerations for Monitoring and Managing Biological Invasions.
Integrating GPS, GIS, and Remote Sensing Technologies with Disease Management Principles to Improve Plant Health.
Mapping Actual and Predicted Distribution of Pest Animals and Weeds in Australia.
Use of GIS Applications to Combat the Threat of Emerging Virulent Wheat Stem Rust Races.
Online Aerobiology Process Mode.
Site-Specific Management of Green Peach Aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer).
Analysis of the 2002 Equine West Nile Virus Outbreak in South Dakota Using GIS and Spatial Statistics.
Designing a Local-Scale Microsimulation of Lesser Grain Borer Population Dynamics and Movements.
Geographic Information Systems in Corn Rootworm Management.
Improving Surveillance for Invasive Plants: A GIS Toolbox for Surveillance Decision Support.
Tracking Invasive Weed Species in Rangeland Using Probability Functions to Identify Site-Specific Boundaries: A Case Study Using Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis L.).
Using GIS to Map and Manage Weeds in Field Crops.
Adapting Geostatistics to Analyze Spatial and Temporal Trends in Weed Populations.
Using GIS to Investigate Weed Shifts after Two Cycles of a Corn/Soybean Rotation.
Creating and Using Weed Maps for Site-Specific Management.