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CHAPTER 8. Experimental Validity and Ecological Scale as Criteria for Evaluating Research Programs
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Shahid Naeem
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- FIGURES xiii
- TABLES xvii
- CONTRIBUTORS xix
- PREFACE xxiii
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PART I. BACKGROUND
- CHAPTER 1. Scale-Dependence and the Problem of Extrapolation 3
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PART II. SCALING THEORY
- CHAPTER 2. Understanding the Problem of Scale in Experimental Ecology 61
- CHAPTER 3. The Nature of the Scale Issue in Experimentation 89
- CHAPTER 4. Spatial Allometry 113
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PART III. SCALING MESOCOSMS TO NATURE
- CHAPTER 5. Getting It Right and Wrong 157
- CHAPTER 6. Some Reluctant Ruminations on Scales (and Claws and Teeth) in Marine Mesocosms 179
- CHAPTER 7. Evaluating and Modeling Foraging Performance of Planktivorous and Piscivorous Fish 191
- CHAPTER 8. Experimental Validity and Ecological Scale as Criteria for Evaluating Research Programs 223
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PART IV. SCALE AND EXPERIMENT IN DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS
- CHAPTER 9. Scaling Issues in Experimental Ecology 253
- CHAPTER 10. Terrestrial Perspectives on Issues of Scale in Experimental Ecology 281
- CHAPTER 11. Issues of Scale in Land-Margin Ecosystems 299
- CHAPTER 12. Scaling Issues in Marine Experimental Ecosystems 331
- INDEX 361
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- FIGURES xiii
- TABLES xvii
- CONTRIBUTORS xix
- PREFACE xxiii
-
PART I. BACKGROUND
- CHAPTER 1. Scale-Dependence and the Problem of Extrapolation 3
-
PART II. SCALING THEORY
- CHAPTER 2. Understanding the Problem of Scale in Experimental Ecology 61
- CHAPTER 3. The Nature of the Scale Issue in Experimentation 89
- CHAPTER 4. Spatial Allometry 113
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PART III. SCALING MESOCOSMS TO NATURE
- CHAPTER 5. Getting It Right and Wrong 157
- CHAPTER 6. Some Reluctant Ruminations on Scales (and Claws and Teeth) in Marine Mesocosms 179
- CHAPTER 7. Evaluating and Modeling Foraging Performance of Planktivorous and Piscivorous Fish 191
- CHAPTER 8. Experimental Validity and Ecological Scale as Criteria for Evaluating Research Programs 223
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PART IV. SCALE AND EXPERIMENT IN DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS
- CHAPTER 9. Scaling Issues in Experimental Ecology 253
- CHAPTER 10. Terrestrial Perspectives on Issues of Scale in Experimental Ecology 281
- CHAPTER 11. Issues of Scale in Land-Margin Ecosystems 299
- CHAPTER 12. Scaling Issues in Marine Experimental Ecosystems 331
- INDEX 361