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Forecasting natural regeneration of sagebrush after wildfires using population models and spatial matching
ContextAddressing ecosystem degradation in the Anthropocene will require ecological restoration across large spatial extents. Identifying areas where...
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Climate change may reveal currently unavailable parts of species’ ecological niches
The ability of climatic niche models to predict species extinction risks can be hampered if niches are incompletely quantified. This can occur when...
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Forecasting the dynamics of a complex microbial community using integrated meta-omics
Predicting the behaviour of complex microbial communities is challenging. However, this is essential for complex biotechnological processes such as...
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Seasonal forecasting of Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel, 1912 (Diptera: Tephritidae) in bioclimatic zones of Sri Lanka using the SARIMA model
Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel is a severe fruit pest that causes significant economic losses globally. Despite B. dorsalis having been distributed...
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Basic Concepts of Ecological Risk Assessment
This work considers various mathematical models used in ecological risk assessment, primarily discussing models used in hazard assessment. This...
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Menace of Plant Invasion: A View from Ecological Lens
Plant invasion is the biggest challenge for ecologist that affects biodiversity and environmental health. Forecasting of invasive plant species, its...
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Basic Principles and Methods of Fisheries Forecasting
Fisheries forecasting is a comprehensive application of the basic principles and methods of fisheries oceanography in fishery production and is one...
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Ecosystem health of Sasthamkotta Lake, a Ramsar site from India based on food web analysis and ecological indicators
Water abstraction and subsequent lowering of water table in Sasthamkotta, the largest freshwater lake in South West coast of India raised serious...
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The socio-ecological resilience and sustainability implications of seafood supply chain disruption
Remaining resilient under disruption, while also being sustainable, is essential for continued and equitable seafood supply in a changing world....
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Efficacy of species distribution models (SDMs) for ecological realms to ascertain biological conservation and practices
SDMs are not new to conservation, but their popularity has increased dramatically in recent years. This step-by-step review provides an overview of...
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Forecasting the rice crop calendar in the northern regions of Iran with emphasis on climate change models
The impact of climate change and fluctuations in the production of agricultural products can affect food security. Rice, as a critical grain product...
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Degeneration of foundation cushion species induced by ecological constraints can cause massive changes in alpine plant communities
Foundational cushion plants can re-organize community structures and sustain a prominent proportion of alpine biodiversity, but they are sensitive to...
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Precisely forecasting population dynamics of agricultural pests based on an interval type-2 fuzzy logic system: case study for oriental fruit flies and the tobacco cutworms
Traditional pest control approaches rely mostly on the experience of farmers, which may not be effective due to lack of scientific information...
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Ecological niche modelling of Tecomella undulata (Sm.) Seem: an endangered (A2a) tree species from arid and semi-arid environment imparts multiple ecosystem services
The objective of this study was to utilize niche modelling techniques and predictors, including bioclimatic, soil, habitat heterogeneity indices, and...
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Assessing machine learning techniques in forecasting lumpy skin disease occurrence based on meteorological and geospatial features
Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) causes an infectious disease in cattle. Due to its direct relationship with the survival of arthropod vectors,...
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Geographic Information Systems: Web-Based Disease Forecasting
This chapter extends what has been discussed in the earlier Chap. 7 to understand how the expert system can be...
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Evaluation of ecological security for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-5 countries: new evidence from the RALS unit root test
The present study seeks to determine the convergence of the ecological footprint pressure index for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
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Nonparametric conditional density estimation in a deep learning framework for short-term forecasting
Short-term forecasting is an important tool in understanding environmental processes. In this paper, we incorporate machine learning algorithms into...
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Socio-economic and Ecological Values of Sustainable Alternatives to Pesticides
A rise in the demand for food and other agricultural products is accompanied by an ongoing global population expansion. The need for high yields has...
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Refocusing multiple stressor research around the targets and scales of ecological impacts
Ecological communities face a variety of environmental and anthropogenic stressors acting simultaneously. Stressor impacts can combine additively or...
