Real world ecology: large-scale and long-term case studies and methods

Major perturbations implicated in large-scale ecological alterations share important characteristics that challenge traditional experimental design and statistical analyses. These include: *Lack of randomization, replication and independence; *Multiple scales of spatial and temporal variability; *Complex interactions and system feedbacks. In real world ecology, standard replicated designs are often neither practical nor feasible for large-scale experiments, yet ecologists continue to cling to these same standard designs and related statistical analyses. Case studies that fully elucidate the currently available techniques for conducting large-scale unreplicated analyses are lacking. Real WorldEcology: Large-Scale and Long-Term Case Studies and Methods is the first to focus on case studies to demonstrate how ecologists can investigate complex contemporary problems using new and powerful experimental approaches. Addresses specific research methods needed for large-scale studies, which have become increasingly important Links environmental and ecological issues to experimental design, analysis, and interpretation Appropriate for use in ecological methodsand natural resource management courses, and as a companion to statistical textbooks INDICE: From the contents Foreword.- Introduction.- Structural Equation Modeling and Ecological Experiments.- Approaches to Predicting Broad-scale Regime Shifts Using Changing Pattern-process Relationship Across Scales.- Integrating Multiple Spatial Controls and Temporal Sampling Schemes to Explore Short- and Long-term Ecosystem Response to Fire in an Everglades Wetland.- Assessing and Monitoring Fire Effects in Western Forests: Statistical Challenges and Opportunities.- Bayesian Hierarchical/Multilevel Models for Inference and Prediction Using Cross-Sectional Lake Data.- Avian Spatial Responses to Forest SpatialHeterogeneity at the Landscape Level: Conceptual and Statistical Challenges.-The Role of Paleoecology in Whole-Ecosystem Experiments.- Identifying Pre-Impacted Reference Conditions from Multiple Spatial and Temporal Sources.- A Spatially-Explicit, Mass-Balance Analysis of Watershed-Scale Controls on Lake Chemistry.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-77916-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 312
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés