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Scaling relations in experimental ecology /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gardner, R. H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001.
Colección:Complexity in ecological systems series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Scale-Dependence and the Problem of Extrapolation: Implications for Experimental and Natural Coastal Ecosystems / W. Michael Kemp, John E. Petersen, Robert H. Gardner
  • Experiments and Scale: Key Concepts
  • Theory of Scaling Relations
  • Scaling Relations in Natural and Experimental Ecosystems
  • Scaling Experimental Ecosystems: Approaches and Examples
  • Scaling Theory
  • Understanding the Problem of Scale in Experimental Ecology / John A. Wiens
  • Experiments in Ecology
  • Scale in Ecology
  • Dealing with Scale
  • Scaling Organism Responses
  • The Nature of the Scale Issue in Experimentation / Timothy F.H. Allen
  • Assumptions and Predictions
  • Analog and Digital Experimentation
  • Experiments and Description
  • Assumptions and What Is Reasonable
  • Experimentation to Achieve New Levels of Analysis
  • Spatial Allometry: Theory and Application to Experimental and Natural Aquatic Ecosystems / David C. Schneider
  • Scaled Quantities and Scope
  • Similarity, Scaling Theory, and Scaling Functions
  • Application: Primary Production in Lakes
  • Application: Fish Catch from Lakes
  • Application: Biomass Accumulation in Mesocosms
  • Application: Primary Production in Mesocosms
  • Scaling Theory: Spatial Allometry for Antagonistic Rates
  • Application: Adult-Juvenile Interactions in Benthic Communities
  • Application to Mesocosm Analysis
  • Scaling Mesocosms to Nature
  • Getting It Right and Wrong: Extrapolations Across Experimental Scales / Michael L. Pace
  • Successful Extrapolation: An Example
  • Comparative Frameworks.