Spatial Data Analysis in Ecology and Agriculture Using R

This third edition explores both the leading software tools, methodology of spatial data analysis and the suite of R, for the analysis of vector and raster data. The book’s practical coverage of spatial statistics, real-world examples and user-friendly approach make this an essential textbook for ecology and agriculture graduate students.

Richard Plant is a Professor Emeritus of Plant Sciences and Biological and Agricultural Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He is the co-author of Knowledge-Based Systems in Agriculture and is a former Editor-in-Chief of Computers and Electronics in Agriculture and Associate Editor of Precision Agriculture. He has published extensively on applications of crop modeling, expert systems, spatial statistics, remote sensing, and geographic information systems to problems in crop production and natural resource management.