Geographic Information Systems in Ecology (Methods in Ecology)

Rating:
Summary: An excellent overview
Review: "Geographic Information Systems in Ecology" provides a good overview of basic geographic concepts that ecologists use to analyze spatial patterns. Johnston starts out with basic GIS concepts, then moves to linear, topographic, temporal, and spatial interpolation techniques, and then wraps up with GPS concepts and basic modeling.

This is not a cookbook or how-to manual, but rather much more. Johnston's emphasis on the fundamentals holds up well, given the rapid speed with which this field is evolving. I expect that this will be an equally valuable reference 10 years from now.

Rating:
Summary: An excellent overview
Review: "Geographic Information Systems in Ecology" provides a good overview of basic geographic concepts that ecologists use to analyze spatial patterns. Johnston starts out with basic GIS concepts, then moves to linear, topographic, temporal, and spatial interpolation techniques, and then wraps up with GPS concepts and basic modeling.

This is not a cookbook or how-to manual, but rather much more. Johnston's emphasis on the fundamentals holds up well, given the rapid speed with which this field is evolving. I expect that this will be an equally valuable reference 10 years from now.