Ecological Informatics, Volume 3

Volume 3, Number 1, January 2008

• Bert Bredeweg, Paulo Salles, Anders Bouwer, Jochem Liem, Tim Nuttle, Eugenia Cioaca, Elena Nakova, Richard Noble, Ana Luiza Rios Caldas, Yordan Uzunov, Emilia Varadinova, Andreas Zitek:
  Towards a structured approach to building qualitative reasoning models and simulations. 1-12
  
• Symone C. S. Araújo, Paulo Salles, Carlos H. Saito:
  A case study on qualitative model evaluation using data about river water quality. 13-25
  
• Jens Finke, Martin Strein, Michael Sonnenschein:
  A simulation framework for modeling anthropogenic disturbances in habitat networks. 26-34
  
• H. Reuter, F. Jopp, F. Hölker, C. Eschenbach, U. Middelhoff, Broder Breckling:
  The ecological effect of phenotypic plasticity - Analyzing complex interaction networks (COIN) with agent-based models. 35-45
  
• Amber Welk, Friedrich Recknagel, Hongqing Cao, Wai-Sum Chan, Anita Talib:
  Rule-based agents for forecasting algal population dynamics in freshwater lakes discovered by hybrid evolutionary algorithms. 46-54
  
• Michele Scardi, Stefano Cataudella, Paola Di Dato, Eugenio Fresi, Lorenzo Tancioni:
  An expert system based on fish assemblages for evaluating the ecological quality of streams and rivers. 55-63
  
• Michael J. Watts, Susan P. Worner:
  Using artificial neural networks to determine the relative contribution of abiotic factors influencing the establishment of insect pest species. 64-74
  
• F. S. Santana, M. F. de Siqueira, A. M. Saraiva, P. L. P. Correa:
  A reference business process for ecological niche modelling. 75-86
  
• Erin E. Rees, Bruce A. Pond, Julia R. Phillips, Dennis Murray:
  Raccoon ecology database: A resource for population dynamics modelling and meta-analysis. 87-96
  
• Koen Hufkens, Reinhart Ceulemans, Paul Scheunders:
  Estimating the ecotone width in patchy ecotones using a sigmoid wave approach. 97-104
  
• Richard Stafford:
  A computational approach to ecological and economic sustainable harvest management strategies in a multi-species context, with implications for cod recovery plans. 105-110
  
• Roland Pesch, Winfried Schröder, Helga Dieffenbach-Fries, Lutz Genßler, Lukas Kleppin:
  Improving the design of environmental monitoring networks. Case study on the heavy metals in mosses survey in Germany. 111-121
  
• Spiridon Th. Kaloudis, Constantina Costopoulou, Nikos A. Lorentzos, Alexander B. Sideridis, Michael Karteris:
  Design of forest management planning DSS for wildfire risk reduction. 122-133
  

Volume 3, Number 2, April 2008

• Quang Bao Le, Soo Jin Park, Paul L. G. Vlek, Armin B. Cremers:
  Land-Use Dynamic Simulator (LUDAS): A multi-agent system model for simulating spatio-temporal dynamics of coupled human-landscape system. I. Structure and theoretical specification. 135-153
  
• Torsten Strube, Joachim Benz, Sascha Kardaetz, Rainer Brüggemann:
  ECOBAS - A tool to develop ecosystem models exemplified by the shallow lake model EMMO. 154-169
  
• Friedrich Recknagel, Lydia Cetin, Byron Zhang:
  Process-based simulation library SALMO-OO for lake ecosystems. Part 1: Object-oriented implementation and validation. 170-180
  
• Hongqing Cao, Friedrich Recknagel, Lydia Cetin, Byron Zhang:
  Process-based simulation library SALMO-OO for lake ecosystems. Part 2: Multi-objective parameter optimization by evolutionary algorithms. 181-190
  
• Hiroyasu Nagata, Satoru Morita, Jin Yoshimura, Tokiya Nitta, Kei-ichi Tainaka:
  Perturbation experiments and fluctuation enhancement in finite size of lattice ecosystems: Uncertainty in top-predator conservation. 191-201
  
• Michel Dreyfus-León, Jake Schweigert:
  Recruitment prediction for Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. 202-206
  

Volume 3, Number 3, July 2008

• Richard D. Hedger, Peter M. Atkinson, Isabel Thibault, Julian J. Dodson:
  A quantitative approach for classifying fish otolith strontium: Calcium sequences into environmental histories. 207-217
  
• K. Umeki, E.-M. Lim, T. Honjo:
  A GIS-based simulation program to predict multi-species size-structure dynamics for natural forests in Hokkaido, northern Japan. 218-227
  
• G. M. Foody:
  Refining predictions of climate change impacts on plant species distribution through the use of local statistics. 228-236
  
• Zhong Yao, Kenshi Sakai, Xujun Ye, Tetsuya Akita, Yuko Iwabuchi, Yoshinobu Hoshino:
  Airborne hyperspectral imaging for estimating acorn yield based on the PLS B-matrix calibration technique. 237-244
  
• Lin Yuan, Li-Quan Zhang:
  Mapping large-scale distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation coverage using remote sensing. 245-251
  
• Shen Qu, Qiuwen Chen, Friedrich Recknagel:
  Cellular automata based simulation of random versus selective harvesting strategies in predator-prey systems. 252-258
  
• James Rosindell, Yan Wong, Rampal S. Etienne:
  A coalescence approach to spatial neutral ecology. 259-271
  

Volume 3, Numbers 4-5, October 2008

• Michael McGuire, Aryya Gangopadhyay, Anita Komlodi, Christopher Swan:
  A user-centered design for a spatial data warehouse for data exploration in environmental research. 273-285
  
• Cameron P. Hurst, Carla P. Catterall, Janet Chaseling:
  A comparison of two methods for generating artificial multi-assemblage ecological datasets. 286-294
  
• Evandrino G. Barros, Alberto H. F. Laender, Marcos André Gonçalves, Francisco A. R. Barbosa:
  A digital library environment for integrating, disseminating and exploring ecological data. 295-308
  
• P. Michel, J. Jenkins, N. Mason, K. J. M. Dickinson, I. G. Jamieson:
  Assessing the ecological application of lasergrammetric techniques to measure fine-scale vegetation structure. 309-320
  
• Talia Beech, Michael Dowd, Chris Field, Bruce Hatcher, Serge Andréfouët:
  A stochastic approach to marine reserve design: Incorporating data uncertainty. 321-333
  
• Grady Hanrahan, Siraj Gibani, Kent Miller:
  Multivariate chemometrical classification and assessment of Lake Tuendae: A Mojave desert aquatic environment housing the endangered Mojave Tui Chub. 334-342
  

Volume 3, Number 6, December 2008

• Lael Parrott, Raphaël Proulx, Xavier Thibert-Plante:
  Three-dimensional metrics for the analysis of spatiotemporal data in ecology. 343-353
  
• Michael J. Watts, Susan P. Worner:
  Comparing ensemble and cascaded neural networks that combine biotic and abiotic variables to predict insect species distribution. 354-366
  
• Jin-tun Zhang, Yiru Dong, Yuexiang Xi:
  A comparison of SOFM ordination with DCA and PCA in gradient analysis of plant communities in the midst of Taihang Mountains, China. 367-374
  
• Andrew C. Yost, Steven L. Petersen, Michael Gregg, Richard Miller:
  Predictive modeling and mapping sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) nesting habitat using Maximum Entropy and a long-term dataset from Southern Oregon. 375-386
  
• Jason E. Jannot, Olcay Akman, Billie L. Kerans, Kareem Carr:
  Using neural networks to detect patterns in inter-specific data: An example from net-spinning caddisflies (Trichoptera: Annulipalpia). 387-396
  
• Zhong Qin, Ying Ouyang, Gao-li Su, Qiang Yu, Jun Li, Jia-en Zhang, Zhi-yi Wu:
  Characterization of CO₂ and water vapor fluxes in a summer maize field with wavelet analysis. 397-409