Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
ClaySharon A., |
Place of Publication: |
Boca Raton, FL |
Published: |
CRC Press; |
Year of Publication: |
c2011 |
Description: |
1 online resource (xx, 428 p.)ill : |
Series: |
GIS applications in agriculture |
Subject: |
Agricultural pests - Control - |
Subject: |
Introduced organisms - Control - |
Subject: |
Noxious weeds - Control - |
Subject: |
Agricultural informatics - |
Subject: |
Geographic information systems - |
Subject: |
Agricultural mapping - |
Subject: |
Agriculture - Remote sensing - |
Online resource: |
http://www.crcnetbase.com/isbn/978-1-4200-7880-0 |
Notes: |
Description based on print version record |
Summary: |
While many "alien" plant and animal species are purposefully introduced into new areas as orclmentals, 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 |
ISBN: |
9781420078817electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
142007881Xelectronic bk. |
ISBN: |
hbk. |
ISBN: |
hbk. |