Models in Ecosystem Science / / ed. by Charles D. Canham, William K. Lauenroth, Jonathan J. Cole.

Quantitative models are crucial to almost every area of ecosystem science. They provide a logical structure that guides and informs empirical observations of ecosystem processes. They play a particularly crucial role in synthesizing and integrating our understanding of the immense diversity of ecosy...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (496 p.) :; 76 line illus. 17 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors and Participants
  • 1 Models in Ecosystem Science
  • Part 1 The Status and Role of Modeling in Ecosystem Science
  • 2 The Role of Quantitative Models in Science
  • 3 The Status of Dynamic Quantitative Modeling in Ecolo
  • 4 The Utility of Simple Models in Ecosystem Science
  • 5 In Praise of Mechanistically Rich Models
  • 6 Modeling for Synthesis and Integration: Forests, People, and Riparian Coarse Woody Debris
  • 7 The Role of Models in Prediction for Decision
  • Part II Evaluating Ecosystem Models
  • 8 Propagation and Analysis of Uncertainty in Ecosystem Models
  • 9 Bayesian Approaches in Ecological Analysis and Modeling
  • 10 Model Validation and Testing: Past Lessons, Present Concerns, Future Prospects
  • 11 Standards of Practice for Review and Publication of Models: Summary of Discussion
  • 12 The Collision of Hypotheses: What Can Be Learned from Comparisons of Ecosystem Models?
  • 13 Evaluating and Testing Models of Terrestrial Biogeochemistry: The Role of Temperature in Controlling Decomposition
  • 14 Representing Biogeochemical Diversity and Size Spectra in Ecosystem Models of the Ocean Carbon Cycle
  • 15 The Mass Balances of Nutrients in Ecosystem Theory and Experiments: Implications for the Coexistence of Species
  • Part III The Role of Models in Environmental Policy and Management
  • 16 The Role of Models in Ecosystem Management
  • 17 The Role of Models in Addressing Critical N Loading to Ecosystems
  • 18 The Role of Models in Addressing Coastal Eutrophication
  • 19 Quantitative Models in Ecological Toxicology: Application in Ecological Risk Assessment
  • 20 Effects of Plant Invaders on Nutrient Cycling: Using Models to Explore the Link between Invasion and Development of Species Effects
  • 21 Predicting the Ecosystem Effects of Climate Change
  • Part IV The Future of Modeling in Ecosystem Science
  • 22 The Role of Modeling in Undergraduate Education
  • 23 Increasing Modeling Savvy: Strategies to Advance Quantitative Modeling Skills for Professionals within Ecology
  • 24 The Limits to Models in Ecology
  • Part V Concluding Comments
  • 25 The Need for Fast-and-Frugal Models
  • 26 On the Benefits and Limitations of Prediction
  • 27 A Community-Wide Investment in Modeling
  • Index