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Ecological scale : theory and applications
- Title
- Ecological scale : theory and applications / David L. Peterson and V. Thomas Parker, editors.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, ©1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | QH541.28 .E36 1998 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvii, 615 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Ecological Scale provides invaluable perspectives on the application of the concepts of measurement, analysis, and inference in both theoretical and applied ecology, ultimately providing a broad-based understanding for resource managers and other ecological professionals.
- Series Statement
- Complexity in ecological systems
- Uniform Title
- Complexity in ecological systems series
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-594) and index.
- Contents
- Homage to St. Michael, or, why are there so many books on scale? / R.V. O'Neill and A.W. King -- Pattern, process, and the analysis of spatial scales / Robert H. Gardner -- The landscape "level" is dead: persuading the family to take it off the respirator / T.F.H. Allen -- A hierarchical view of habitat and its relationship to species abundance / Jurek Kolasa and Nigel Waltho -- Paleoecological perspectives on ecological scale / Peter K. Schoonmaker -- Space and time in the soil landscape: the ill-defined ecological universe / R. David Hammer -- Ecosystem organization across a continuum of scales: a comparative analysis of lakes and rivers / Claudia Pahl-Wostl -- Historical contingency and multiple scales of dynamics within plant communities / V. Thomas Parker and Steward T.A. Pickett -- Spatial scaling and animal population dynamics / Brett J. Goodwin and Lenore Fahrig -- Time, space, and beyond: scale issues in food-web research / Neo D. Martinez and Jennifer A. Dunne -- Defining ecologically relevant change in the process of scaling up: implications for monitoring at the "landscape" level / G.A. Bradshaw -- Applied scaling theory / David C. Schneider -- Remote sensing applications in ecosystem analysis / John Vande Castle -- Field studies of large mobile organisms: scale, movement, and habitat utilization / S. Jonathan Stern -- Scaling and integration in trees / T.M. Hinckley [and others] -- From forest stands to landscapes: spatial scales and the roles of disturbances / Ken Lertzman and Joseph Fall -- Incorporating scale in ecological experiments: study design / Pierre Dutilleul -- Incorporating scale in ecological experiments: data analysis / Pierre Dutilleul -- Measuring environmental change / John L. Innes -- Managing ecological systems and processes / Richard J. Hobbs -- Relationships of scale to policy and decision making / Edward J. Rykiel Jr. -- Dimensions of scale in ecology, resource management, and society / David L. Peterson and V. Thomas Parker.
- ISBN
- 0231105037
- 9780231105033
- 0231106378
- 9780231106375
- 0231105029
- 9780231105026
- LCCN
- 97048512
- OCLC
- ocm38016630
- 38016630
- SCSB-14336642
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library