Publisher's Synopsis
Ecosystems contain black boxes in models and experiments especially with respect to soil processes and soil-aboveground linkages because of difficulties in observing and measuring dynamics driving ecosystem processes. This book will review different sensors and observation units and blend measurements into a review of dynamic ecosystem processes. The contributors will address management of "Big Data" processing and storage of large scale eco-informatics. Ecologists working in wildland, rangeland, forests and agricultural ecosystems will need this book. The book will serve as a text for training the next generation of ecologists in data collection, management, and scaling processes.
Key selling features:
Summarizes information on a variety of sensors and observation units for measuring dynamic ecosystems
Describes the relationships between individual measurements and ecosystem processes
Recommends best practices with respect to installation and implementation of technologies
Includes review of the bioinformatic challenges facing the the acquisition of large amounts of date
