tailieunhanh - Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology: Methods and Applications

Scale is a unifying concept that cuts across all natural and social sciences. At the same time, scaling is a common challenge in both basic and applied research. Accordingly, scale and scaling have become two of the most widely used buzzwords in ecology today. Over the past two decades, more than a dozen books and many more journal papers have been published on the problems of scale and scaling in ecology and geophysical sciences. These publications, as reviewed in the chapters of this book, have contributed significantly to our current understanding of scale issues. A little more than 30 years ago, the noted geneticist and evolutionary biologist, Theodosius. | Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology Methods and Applications Edited by Jianguo Wu K. Bruce Jones Harbin Li and Orie L. Loucks ScAiirifi 0 Springer SCALING AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGY Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology Methods and Applications Edited by JIANGUO WU Arizona State University Tempe AZ . K. BRUCE JONES US Environmental Protection Agency Las Vegas . HARBIN LI USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station Charleston . and ORIE L. LOUCKS Miami University Oxford OH . .