Quantitative Ecology: Measurement, Models and Scaling

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, 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

1. Quantitative Reasoning in Ecology
2. Scale in Ecology
3. Measured Quantities
4. Units and Dimensions
5. Rescaling Quantities
6. Dimensions
7. The Geography and Chronology of Quantities
8. Quantities Derived from Sequential Measurements
9. Ensemble Quantities: Weighted Sums
10. Ensemble Quantities: Variability
11. The Scope of Quantities
12. The Scope of Research Programs
13. Equations
14. Coordinating Equations: Derivatives
15. Equations and Uncertainty
16. Power Laws and Scaling Theory