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Quantitative Ecology
Measurement, Models and Scaling
- 2nd Edition - July 20, 2009
- Author: David C. Schneider
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 6 2 7 8 6 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 5 6 4 - 6
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,… Read more
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Request a sales quoteA 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 2e 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 burgeoning literature on the influences of scale.
- Expanded by numerous explanatory figures and wide coverage of material
- Topic is of crucial importance to ecologists
- The most thorough, complete coverage available on quantitative ecology in the market
Researchers and professional ecologists, graduate students and advanced undergraduates, and anyone with professional interest in wildlife management, fishery sciences, forestry, conservation biology, resource ecology, and evolutionary biology.
1. Quantitative Reasoning in Ecology2. Scale in Ecology3. Measured Quantities4. Units and Dimensions5. Rescaling Quantities6. Dimensions7. The Geography and Chronology of Quantities8. Quantities Derived from Sequential Measurements9. Ensemble Quantities: Weighted Sums10. Ensemble Quantities: Variability11. The Scope of Quantities12. The Scope of Research Programs13. Equations14. Coordinating Equations: Derivatives15. Equations and Uncertainty16. Power Laws and Scaling Theory
- No. of pages: 432
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: July 20, 2009
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780126278651
- eBook ISBN: 9780080925646
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David C. Schneider
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Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, CanadaRead Quantitative Ecology on ScienceDirect