Methodology Readings

GIS

  1. What is GIS (Geographical Information Systems), and how can it be used in environmental analysis?
  2. Using GIS for analysis and modeling of a forest ecosystem.
  3. GIS Tutorial
  4. GIS research example. Another good one is here.
  5. An example of long-term research conducted on Maine forests. Physical factors are closely followed.
  6. Lake Tahoe Data Clearinghouse.
  7. Center for Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing.
  8. EarthNet: center for remote sensing.
  9. Mapping and Gridding primer.
  10. GIS Data Sources from U of L
  11. Simulating the effects of climate change on tropical montane cloud forests.
  12. The Geoscience Information System Interactive Map Server
  13. ArcView Range Maps for Tree Species

Other Stuff

  1. Ecological Methods
  2. A tutorial (with examples) of ecological simulation. This includes discussions on the usefulness of simulations, their limits, and methods of modeling ecological situations. See also Modeling Population Growth. A readable explanation of the modeling process from a mathematician's point of view.
  3. Modeling Population Growth. A readable explanation of the modeling process from a mathematician's point of view.
  4. Ethology Experiments. See the classics here. A general introduction to ethology and general animal behavior links is here.
  5. Virtual Behavioral Ecology. Read about it here.
  6. Identification, Biology, and Sampling of Cotton Insects. Methods used in agriculture.
  7. Spatial autocorrelation of ecological phenomena.
  8. Paleooceanography. Cool.
  9. Weather and Satellite Links are Here. See Bellarmine from a satellite here.
  10. Butterflies of North America