Quantitative ecology : measurement, models and scaling /

A follow up to the highly successful first edition, this book reviews the manifold ways that scale influences the interpretation of ecological variation. As scale, magnitude, quantity, and measurement occupy an expanding role in ecology, this second edition will be an indispensable addition to indiv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schneider, David C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press/Elsevier, �2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Ecology > Mathematics.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Ecology > Mathematics
Mathematik
Quantitative Methode
�Okologie
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Quantitative Reasoning in Ecology
  • Chapter 2. Scale in Ecology
  • Chapter 3. Measured Quantities
  • Chapter 4. Units and Dimensions
  • Chapter 5. Rescaling Quantities
  • Chapter 6. Dimensions
  • Chapter 7. The Geography and Chronology of Quantities
  • Chapter 8. Quantities Derived from Sequential Measurements
  • Chapter 9. Ensemble Quantities: Weighted Sums
  • Chapter 10. Ensemble Quantities: Variability
  • Chapter 11. The Scope of Quantities
  • Chapter 12. The Scope of Research Programs
  • Chapter 13. Equations
  • Chapter 14. Coordinating Equations: Derivatives
  • Chapter 15. Equations and Uncertainty
  • Chapter 16. Power Laws and Scaling Theory.

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