Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology Methods and Applications-[1]-[Jianguo Wu, K Bruce Jones, Harbin Li, Orie L Loucks].pdf

SCALING AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGY
Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis
in Ecology
Methods and Applications
Edited by
JIANGUO WU
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, .
K. BRUCE JONES
US Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, .
HARBIN LI
USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Charleston, .
and
ORIE L. LOUCKS
Miami University, Oxford, OH, .
A . Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN-10 1-4020-4664-2 (PB)
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-4664-3 (PB)
ISBN-10 1-4020-4662-6 (HB)
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-4662-9 (HB)
ISBN-10 1-4020-4663-4 (e-books)
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-4663-6 (e-books)
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to landscape ecologists who have made outstanding
contributions to our understanding of scaling issues and hierarchy theory
in ecology and environmental science.
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Contents
Dedication v
Preface xi
List of Contributors xv
PART I. CONCEPTS AND METHODS 1
Chapter 1
CONCEPTS OF SCALE AND SCALING 3
Jianguo Wu and Harbin Li
Chapter 2
PERSPECTIVES AND METHODS OF SCALING 17
Jianguo Wu and Harbin Li
Chapter 3
UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGICAL STUDIES:
AN OVERVIEW 45
Harbin Li and Jianguo Wu
Chapter 4
MULTILEVEL STATISTICAL MODELS AND ECOLOGICAL
SCALING 67
Richard A. Berk and Jan de Leeuw
Chapter 5
DOWNSCALING ABUNDANCE FROM THE DISTRIBUTION
OF SPECIES: OCCUPANCY THEORY AND APP