Scaling and uncertainty analysis in ecology: methods and applications

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Scaling and uncertainty analysis in ecology: methods and applications
المساهمون: Wu, Jianguo, 1957-
بيانات النشر: Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, c2006.
سنة النشر: 2006
وصف مادي: xviii, 351 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
مصطلحات موضوعية: Ecology -- Methodology -- Congresses., Ecology -- Statistical methods -- Congresses., Spatial ecology -- Congresses., Scaling (Social sciences) -- Congresses., Uncertainty (Information theory) -- Congresses., Ecology -- methods, Uncertainty, Ecology -- Statistical methods., Spatial ecology., Scaling (Social sciences), Uncertainty (Information theory), Ecology -- Methodology., Biomédecine., Sciences de la vie.
الوصف: Considers uncertainty and error analysis as an integral part of scaling. This book draws together a series of important case studies to provide a comprehensive review and synthesis of the concepts, theories and methods in scaling and uncertainty analysis. It is of interest to both researchers and practitioners working on landscape issues.
ملاحظة حول المحتويات: CONCEPTS OF SCALE AND SCALING; PERSPECTIVES AND METHODS OF SCALING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGICAL STUDIES:AN OVERVIEW; MULTILEVEL STATISTICAL MODELS AND ECOLOGICAL SCALING; DOWNSCALING ABUNDANCE FROM THE DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES: OCCUPANCY THEORY AND APPLICATIONS; SCALING TERRESTRIAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES CONTRASTING INTACT AND MODEL EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS; A FRAMEWORK AND METHODS FOR SIMPLIFYING COMPLEX LANDSCAPES TO REDUCE UNCERTAINTY IN PREDICTIONS; BUILDING UP WITH A TOP-DOWN APPROACH: THE ROLE OF REMOTE SENSING IN DECIPHERING FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY.
Original Identifier: ocm69983580
نوع الوثيقة: Book
اللغة: English
ردمك: 978-1-4020-4662-9
1-4020-4662-6
حقوق: This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress.
ملاحظات: Based on a workshop of the same name held September 17-19, 2002, at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Color images of some illustrations, plus abstracts of all chapters and additional information on scaling and uncertainty analysis are available at a web site specifically for this book.
رقم الأكسشن: edshlc.010131996.7
قاعدة البيانات: Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset
الوصف
ردمك:9781402046629
1402046626