Scaling relations in experimental ecology / Robert H. Gardner ... [et al.], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gardner, R. H.

Series:

Complexity in ecological systems series.

Complexity in ecological systems series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology--Methodology.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book discusses the impact of recent advances in the theory of "scaling relationships" and identifies critical issues that must be considered if experimental results are used to understand the temporal and spatial scales of actual ecosystems.The complexity of ecosystems complicates experimental design. How, for example, does a scientist draw boundaries when studying species effects and interactions? Once these boundaries are drawn, how does one treat factors external to that study? Will the failure to consider external factors affect one's ability to extrapolate information across temporal and spatial scales? This volume provides a compilation from a broad range of ecologists with extensive experimental research experience that addresses these and other questions of scaling relations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FIGURES

TABLES

CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE

PART I. BACKGROUND

CHAPTER 1. Scale-Dependence and the Problem of Extrapolation / Kemp, W. Michael / Petersen, John E. / Gardner, Robert H.

PART II. SCALING THEORY

CHAPTER 2. Understanding the Problem of Scale in Experimental Ecology / Wiens, John A.

CHAPTER 3. The Nature of the Scale Issue in Experimentation / Allen, Timothy F. H.

CHAPTER 4. Spatial Allometry / Schneider, David C.

PART III. SCALING MESOCOSMS TO NATURE

CHAPTER 5. Getting It Right and Wrong / Pace, Michael L.

CHAPTER 6. Some Reluctant Ruminations on Scales (and Claws and Teeth) in Marine Mesocosms / Nixon, Scott

CHAPTER 7. Evaluating and Modeling Foraging Performance of Planktivorous and Piscivorous Fish / Heath, Michael R. / Houde, Edward D.

CHAPTER 8. Experimental Validity and Ecological Scale as Criteria for Evaluating Research Programs / Naeem, Shahid

PART IV. SCALE AND EXPERIMENT IN DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS

CHAPTER 9. Scaling Issues in Experimental Ecology / Frost, Thomas M. / Ulanowicz, Robert E. / Blumenshine, Steve C. / Allen, Timothy F. H. / Taub, Frieda / Rodgers, John H.

CHAPTER 10. Terrestrial Perspectives on Issues of Scale in Experimental Ecology / King, Anthony W. / Gardner, Robert H. / Hatfield, Colleen A. / Naeem, Shahid / Petersen, John E. / Wiens, John A.

CHAPTER 11. Issues of Scale in Land-Margin Ecosystems / Boynton, Walter R. / Hagy, James D. / Breitburg, Denise L.

CHAPTER 12. Scaling Issues in Marine Experimental Ecosystems / Scheurer, David L. / Schneider, David C. / Sanford, Lawrence P.

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231504935

0231504934

9780231529044

023152904X

OCLC:

818858130