Scaling and uncertainty analysis in ecology : methods and applications / edited by Jianguo Wu ... [et al.].
"Primarily, the book draws together a series of important case studies to provide a comprehensive review and synthesis of the most recent concepts, theories and methods in scaling and uncertainty analysis. It compares current definitions and ideas concerning scale within a coherent framework, a...
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Table of Contents:
- PART I - CONCEPTS AND METHODS:
- CONCEPTS OF SCALE AND SCALING / JIANGUO WU, HARBIN LI
- PERSPECTIVES AND METHODS OF SCALING / JIANGUO WU, HARBIN LI
- UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGICAL STUDIES:AN OVERVIEW / JIANGUO WU, HARBIN LI
- MULTILEVEL STATISTICAL MODELS AND ECOLOGICAL SCALING / Richard A. Berk, Jan de Leeuw
- DOWNSCALING ABUNDANCE FROM THE DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES: OCCUPANCY THEORY AND APPLICATIONS / Fangliang He, William Reed
- SCALING TERRESTRIAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES CONTRASTING INTACT AND MODEL EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS / Mark A. Bradford, James F. Reynolds
- A FRAMEWORK AND METHODS FOR SIMPLIFYING COMPLEX LANDSCAPES TO REDUCE UNCERTAINTY IN PREDICTIONS / Debra P. C. Peters, Jin Yao, Laura F. Huenneke, Robert P. Gibbens, Kris M. Havstad, Jeffrey E. Herrick et al.
- BUILDING UP WITH A TOP-DOWN APPROACH: THE ROLE OF REMOTE SENSING IN DECIPHERING FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY / Carol A. Wessman, C. Ann Bateson
- PART II - CASE STUDIES:
- CARBON FLUXES ACROSS REGIONS: OBSERVATIONAL CONSTRAINTS AT MULTIPLE SCALES / Beverly E. Law, Dave Turner, John Campbell, Michael Lefsky, Michael Guzy, Osbert Sun et al.
- LANDSCAPE AND REGIONAL SCALE STUDIES OF NITROGEN GAS FLUXES / Peter M. Groffman, Rodney T. Venterea, Louis V. Verchot, Christopher S. Potter
- MULTISCALE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTICS AND NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS IN STREAMS / K. BRUCE JONES, Anne C. Neale, Timothy G. Wade, Chad L. Cross, James D. Wickham, Maliha S. Nash et al.
- UNCERTAINTY IN SCALING NUTRIENT EXPORT COEFFICIENTS / James D. Wickham, K. BRUCE JONES, Timothy G. Wade, Kurt H. Riitters
- CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF LAND USE CHANGE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT: THE SCOPE OF UNCERTAINTY / Dean L. Urban, Robert I. McDonald, Emily S. Minor, Eric A. Treml
- ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF SPATIAL SCALE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AVIAN NESTING SUCCESS AND FOREST FRAGMENTATION / Penn Lloyd, Thomas E. Martin, Roland L. Redmond, Melissa M. Hart, Ute Langner, Ronald D. Bassar
- SCALING ISSUES IN MAPPING RIPARIAN ZONES WITH REMOTE SENSING DATA: QUANTIFYING ERRORS AND SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY / Thomas P. Hollenhorst, George E. Host, Lucinda B. Johnson
- SCALE ISSUES IN LAKE-WATERSHED INTERACTIONS: ASSESSING SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS ON WATER CLARITY / Carol A. Johnston, Boris A. Shmagin
- SCALING AND UNCERTAINTY IN REGION-WIDE WATER QUALITY DECISION-MAKING / ORIE L. LOUCKS, Harry J. Stone, Bruce M. Kahn
- SCALING WITH KNOWN UNCERTAINTY: A SYNTHESIS / JIANGUO WU, HARBIN LI, K. BRUCE JONES, ORIE L. LOUCKS.