Scaling Relations in Experimental Ecology
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"[This book] will fill an empty niche in the bookshelves of most ecologists by offering appropriate advice about how to correctly interpret experiments at a particular scale and it will also be instrumental in furthering the subject." -- Ecology
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This book discusses the impact of recent advances in the theory of "scaling relationships" and identifies critical issues that must be considered if experimental results are used to understand the temporal and spatial scales of actual ecosystems.
The complexity of ecosystems complicates experimental design. How, for example, does a scientist draw boundaries when studying species effects and interactions? Once these boundaries are drawn, how does one treat factors external to that study? Will the failure to consider external factors affect one's ability to extrapolate information across temporal and spatial scales? This volume provides a compilation from a broad range of ecologists with extensive experimental research experience that addresses these and other questions of scaling relations.
Scaling Relations in Experimental Ecology
Scaling Relations in Experimental Ecology,Robert H. Gardner,W. Michael. Kemp,Victor S. Kennedy,John E. Petersen,W. Michael Kemp,John E. Peterson,Columbia University Press,0231114990,Earth Sciences - General,Ecology,Life Sciences - Biology - General,Life Sciences - Ecology,Methodology,Research & Methodology,Science,Science/Mathematics,Ecological science, the Biosphere,Environmental economics,Science / Ecology
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