Scaling Relations in Experimental Ecology / / ed. by Robert Gardner, John Petersen, Victor Kennedy, W. Kemp.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Allen, Timothy F. H.,; Blumenshine, Steve C.,; Boynton, Walter R.,; Breitburg, Denise L.,; Frost, Thomas M.,; Gardner, Robert H.,; Hagy, James D.,; Hatfield, Colleen A.,; Heath, Michael R.,; Houde, Edward D.,; Kemp, W. Michael,; King, Anthony W.,; Naeem, Shahid,; Nixon, Scott,; Pace, Michael L.,; Petersen, John E.,; Rodgers, John H.,; Sanford, Lawrence P.,; Scheurer, David L.,; Schneider, David C.,; Taub, Frieda,; Ulanowicz, Robert E.,; Wiens, John A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Gardner, Robert,; Kemp, W.,; Kennedy, Victor,; Petersen, John,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 63illus
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; FIGURES --; TABLES --; CONTRIBUTORS --; PREFACE --; PART I. BACKGROUND --; CHAPTER 1. Scale-Dependence and the Problem of Extrapolation --; PART II. SCALING THEORY --; CHAPTER 2. Understanding the Problem of Scale in Experimental Ecology --; CHAPTER 3. The Nature of the Scale Issue in Experimentation --; CHAPTER 4. Spatial Allometry --; PART III. SCALING MESOCOSMS TO NATURE --; CHAPTER 5. Getting It Right and Wrong --; CHAPTER 6. Some Reluctant Ruminations on Scales (and Claws and Teeth) in Marine Mesocosms --; CHAPTER 7. Evaluating and Modeling Foraging Performance of Planktivorous and Piscivorous Fish --; CHAPTER 8. Experimental Validity and Ecological Scale as Criteria for Evaluating Research Programs --; PART IV. SCALE AND EXPERIMENT IN DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS --; CHAPTER 9. Scaling Issues in Experimental Ecology --; CHAPTER 10. Terrestrial Perspectives on Issues of Scale in Experimental Ecology --; CHAPTER 11. Issues of Scale in Land-Margin Ecosystems --; CHAPTER 12. Scaling Issues in Marine Experimental Ecosystems --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231504935; 9783110442472
• DOI: 10.7312/gard11498
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Robert Gardner, John Petersen, Victor Kennedy, W. Kemp.

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.