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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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Main Authors: Schneider, David C
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: Academic Press/Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; Boston :
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Subjects:
Ecology > Mathematics
Ecology
SCIENCE > Environmental Science see also Chemistry > Environmental
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness
NATURE > Ecology
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126278651
Summary: 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 individual and institutional libraries. In providing a context for resolution of ecological problems, Ecologists will appreciate the significance of scale and magnitude addressed in this book. Written for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty researchers, this book synthesizes a burge
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xv, 415 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-397) and index.
ISBN: 9780080925646
0080925642
Index Number: QH541
CLC: Q141
Contents: 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. E

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