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UNINA9910454859103321 |
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Ecological data [[electronic resource] ] : design, management, and processing / / edited by William K. Michener and James W. Brunt |
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Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-4443-1139-5 |
9786612117633 |
1-282-11763-7 |
0-632-06071-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (194 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MichenerWilliam K |
BruntJames W |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ecology - Data processing |
Ecology - Methodology |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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This work resulted from two workshops and a working group. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Ecological Data: Design, Management and Processing; Contents; Contributors; The Methods in Ecology Series; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Research Design: Translating Ideas to Data; CHAPTER 2 Data Management Principles, Implementation and Administration; CHAPTER 3 Scientific Databases; CHAPTER 4 Data Quality Assurance; CHAPTER 5 Metadata; CHAPTER 6 Archiving Ecological Data and Information; CHAPTER 7 Transforming Data into Information and Knowledge; CHAPTER 8 Ecological Knowledge and Future Data Challenges; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Ecologists are increasingly tackling difficult issues like global change, loss of biodiversity and sustainability of ecosystem services. These and related topics are enormously challenging, requiring unprecedented multidisciplinary collaboration and rapid synthesis of large amounts of diverse data into information and ultimately knowledge. New sensors, computers, data collection and storage devices and analytical and statistical methods provide a powerful tool kit to support analyses, |
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