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  • ecological support for rural land use planning
    Ecological Applications, 2005
    Co-Authors: David M. Theobald, Thomas A. Spies, Jeffrey D. Kline, Bruce D. Maxwell, N. T. Hobbs, Virginia H. Dale
    Abstract:

    How can ecologists be more effective in supporting ecologically informed rural land-use planning and policy? Improved decision making about rural lands requires careful consideration of how ecological information and analyses can inform specific planning and policy needs. We provide a brief overview of rural land-use planning, including recently developed approaches to conservation. Effective participation in land-use planning requires ecologists to understand trade-offs—for example, the need to balance a land owner's desire for a fair and Predictable Process with the “learn as you go” approach of adaptive management—and the importance of integrating local knowledge with landscape-level information. Four primary challenges require attention from ecologists to improve rural land-use planning. First is the mismatch between the spatial and temporal scales in which ecological Processes occur and the scales and tempos of land-use planning. Second, ecologists must engage in interdisciplinary research to critica...

  • ECOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR RURAL LAND‐USE PLANNING
    Ecological Applications, 2005
    Co-Authors: David M. Theobald, Thomas A. Spies, Jeffrey D. Kline, Bruce D. Maxwell, N. T. Hobbs, Virginia H. Dale
    Abstract:

    How can ecologists be more effective in supporting ecologically informed rural land-use planning and policy? Improved decision making about rural lands requires careful consideration of how ecological information and analyses can inform specific planning and policy needs. We provide a brief overview of rural land-use planning, including recently developed approaches to conservation. Effective participation in land-use planning requires ecologists to understand trade-offs—for example, the need to balance a land owner's desire for a fair and Predictable Process with the “learn as you go” approach of adaptive management—and the importance of integrating local knowledge with landscape-level information. Four primary challenges require attention from ecologists to improve rural land-use planning. First is the mismatch between the spatial and temporal scales in which ecological Processes occur and the scales and tempos of land-use planning. Second, ecologists must engage in interdisciplinary research to critica...

Yan-xia Lin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A New Kind of Asymptotic Quasi-Score Estimating Function
    Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 2000
    Co-Authors: Yan-xia Lin
    Abstract:

    A new definition of asymptotic quasi-score sequence of estimating functions is given and studied. The relationship between asymptotic quasi-likelihood and quasi-likelihood estimates is investigated. A new practical approach for obtaining a good estimate of θ in the model y t = f t (θ) + m t without any prior knowledge on the nature of E(m 2 t |F t-1 ) is suggested, where f t is a Predictable Process and m t is a martingale difference Process. Two examples are used to show that the approach is practicable.

  • Convergence to Normality of the Asymptotic Quasi-Score Function on a Linear Model
    Biometrical Journal, 2000
    Co-Authors: Sifa Mvoi, Yan-xia Lin
    Abstract:

    The asymptotic quasi-likelihood method is considered for the model yt = ft(θ) + Mt, t = 0,1, …,T where ftθ) is a linear Predictable Process of the parameter of interest θ, Mt is a martingale difference, and the nature of E(Mt2 | ℱt–1) is unknown. This paper is concerned with the limiting distribution of the asymptotic quasi-score function of such a model. Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing of θ is derived from the limiting distribution. Comparison is made between the estimates obtained through this method and those obtained through the least squares method.

  • A PRACTICAL PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATION OF LINEAR MODELS VIA ASYMPTOTIC QUASI-LIKELIHOOD
    Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences, 1999
    Co-Authors: Riccardo Biondini, Yan-xia Lin, Sifa Mvoi
    Abstract:

    This paper is concerned with the application of an asymptotic quasi-likelihood practical procedure to estimate the unknown parameters in linear stochastic models of the form y t = f t ( θ ) + M t ( θ ) ( t = 1 , 2 , .. , T ) , where f t is a linear Predictable Process of θ and M t is an error term such that E ( M t | F t − 1 ) = 0 and E ( M t 2 | F t − 1 ) ∞ and F is a σ -field generated from { y s } s ≤ t . For this model, to estimate the parameter θ ∈ Θ , the ordinary least squares method is usually inappropriate (if there is only one observable path of { y t } and if E ( M t 2 | F t − 1 ) is not a constant) and the maximum likelihood method either does not exist or is mathematically intractable. If the finite dimensional distribution of M t is unknown, to obtain a good estimate of θ an appropriate Predictable Process g t should be determined. In this paper, criteria for determining g t are introduced which, if satisfied, provide more accurate estimates of the parameters via the asymptotic quasi-likelihood method.

David M. Theobald - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • ecological support for rural land use planning
    Ecological Applications, 2005
    Co-Authors: David M. Theobald, Thomas A. Spies, Jeffrey D. Kline, Bruce D. Maxwell, N. T. Hobbs, Virginia H. Dale
    Abstract:

    How can ecologists be more effective in supporting ecologically informed rural land-use planning and policy? Improved decision making about rural lands requires careful consideration of how ecological information and analyses can inform specific planning and policy needs. We provide a brief overview of rural land-use planning, including recently developed approaches to conservation. Effective participation in land-use planning requires ecologists to understand trade-offs—for example, the need to balance a land owner's desire for a fair and Predictable Process with the “learn as you go” approach of adaptive management—and the importance of integrating local knowledge with landscape-level information. Four primary challenges require attention from ecologists to improve rural land-use planning. First is the mismatch between the spatial and temporal scales in which ecological Processes occur and the scales and tempos of land-use planning. Second, ecologists must engage in interdisciplinary research to critica...

  • ECOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR RURAL LAND‐USE PLANNING
    Ecological Applications, 2005
    Co-Authors: David M. Theobald, Thomas A. Spies, Jeffrey D. Kline, Bruce D. Maxwell, N. T. Hobbs, Virginia H. Dale
    Abstract:

    How can ecologists be more effective in supporting ecologically informed rural land-use planning and policy? Improved decision making about rural lands requires careful consideration of how ecological information and analyses can inform specific planning and policy needs. We provide a brief overview of rural land-use planning, including recently developed approaches to conservation. Effective participation in land-use planning requires ecologists to understand trade-offs—for example, the need to balance a land owner's desire for a fair and Predictable Process with the “learn as you go” approach of adaptive management—and the importance of integrating local knowledge with landscape-level information. Four primary challenges require attention from ecologists to improve rural land-use planning. First is the mismatch between the spatial and temporal scales in which ecological Processes occur and the scales and tempos of land-use planning. Second, ecologists must engage in interdisciplinary research to critica...

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Bruce D. Maxwell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • ecological support for rural land use planning
    Ecological Applications, 2005
    Co-Authors: David M. Theobald, Thomas A. Spies, Jeffrey D. Kline, Bruce D. Maxwell, N. T. Hobbs, Virginia H. Dale
    Abstract:

    How can ecologists be more effective in supporting ecologically informed rural land-use planning and policy? Improved decision making about rural lands requires careful consideration of how ecological information and analyses can inform specific planning and policy needs. We provide a brief overview of rural land-use planning, including recently developed approaches to conservation. Effective participation in land-use planning requires ecologists to understand trade-offs—for example, the need to balance a land owner's desire for a fair and Predictable Process with the “learn as you go” approach of adaptive management—and the importance of integrating local knowledge with landscape-level information. Four primary challenges require attention from ecologists to improve rural land-use planning. First is the mismatch between the spatial and temporal scales in which ecological Processes occur and the scales and tempos of land-use planning. Second, ecologists must engage in interdisciplinary research to critica...

  • ECOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR RURAL LAND‐USE PLANNING
    Ecological Applications, 2005
    Co-Authors: David M. Theobald, Thomas A. Spies, Jeffrey D. Kline, Bruce D. Maxwell, N. T. Hobbs, Virginia H. Dale
    Abstract:

    How can ecologists be more effective in supporting ecologically informed rural land-use planning and policy? Improved decision making about rural lands requires careful consideration of how ecological information and analyses can inform specific planning and policy needs. We provide a brief overview of rural land-use planning, including recently developed approaches to conservation. Effective participation in land-use planning requires ecologists to understand trade-offs—for example, the need to balance a land owner's desire for a fair and Predictable Process with the “learn as you go” approach of adaptive management—and the importance of integrating local knowledge with landscape-level information. Four primary challenges require attention from ecologists to improve rural land-use planning. First is the mismatch between the spatial and temporal scales in which ecological Processes occur and the scales and tempos of land-use planning. Second, ecologists must engage in interdisciplinary research to critica...