Qualitative methods for ecologists and conservation scientists

Virtual plants: new perspectives for ecologists, pathologists and agricultural scientists

A new phase is under way in the study of how plants interact with their physical and biotic environments. Tools are becoming available for handling three−dimensional (3−D) information on the development and growth of individual plants and activities of the organisms which live on them. These tools will lead to in−depth understanding at the level of plant architecture, intermediate between what ...

Quantitative Methods for Ecologists Fnr 693e

islanding detection methods for microgrids

امروزه استفاده از منابع انرژی پراکنده کاربرد وسیعی یافته است . اگر چه این منابع بسیاری از مشکلات شبکه را حل می کنند اما زیاد شدن آنها مسائل فراوانی برای سیستم قدرت به همراه دارد . استفاده از میکروشبکه راه حلی است که علاوه بر استفاده از مزایای منابع انرژی پراکنده برخی از مشکلات ایجاد شده توسط آنها را نیز منتفی می کند . همچنین میکروشبکه ها کیفیت برق و قابلیت اطمینان تامین انرژی مشترکان را افزایش ...

Machine learning methods without tears: a primer for ecologists.

Machine learning methods, a family of statistical techniques with origins in the field of artificial intelligence, are recognized as holding great promise for the advancement of understanding and prediction about ecological phenomena. These modeling techniques are flexible enough to handle complex problems with multiple interacting elements and typically outcompete traditional approaches (e.g.,...

How Twitter literacy can benefit conservation scientists.

While some scientists may view Twitter as a social media fad, we argue that it can be a powerful tool to deliver conservation messages to a wide audience. In 2011 and 2013, the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) Marine Section supported one of this editorial’s co-authors (D.S.) as a communications fellow to share research in conservation science and practice that was presented at SCB’s Inte...