Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology

I - CONCEPTS AND METHODS. - CONCEPTS OF SCALE AND SCALING. - PERSPECTIVES AND METHODS OF SCALING. - UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGICAL STUDIES:AN OVERVIEW. - MULTILEVEL STATISTICAL MODELS AND ECOLOGICAL SCALING. - DOWNSCALING ABUNDANCE FROM THE DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES: OCCUPANCY THEORY AND APPLICATIONS. - SCALING TERRESTRIAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES CONTRASTING INTACT AND MODEL EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS. - A FRAMEWORK AND METHODS FOR SIMPLIFYING COMPLEX LANDSCAPES TO REDUCE UNCERTAINTY IN PREDICTIONS. - BUILDING UP WITH A TOP-DOWN APPROACH: THE ROLE OF REMOTE SENSING IN DECIPHERING FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY. - II - CASE STUDIES. - CARBON FLUXES ACROSS REGIONS: OBSERVATIONAL CONSTRAINTS AT MULTIPLE SCALES. - LANDSCAPE AND REGIONAL SCALE STUDIES OF NITROGEN GAS FLUXES. - MULTISCALE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTICS AND NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS IN STREAMS. - UNCERTAINTY IN SCALING NUTRIENT EXPORT COEFFICIENTS. - CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF LAND USE CHANGE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT: THE SCOPE OF UNCERTAINTY. - ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF SPATIAL SCALE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AVIAN NESTING SUCCESS AND FOREST FRAGMENTATION. - SCALING ISSUES IN MAPPING RIPARIAN ZONES WITH REMOTE SENSING DATA: QUANTIFYING ERRORS AND SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY. - SCALE ISSUES IN LAKE-WATERSHED INTERACTIONS: ASSESSING SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS ON WATER CLARITY. - SCALING AND UNCERTAINTY IN REGION-WIDE WATER QUALITY DECISION-MAKING. - III - SYNTHESIS. - SCALING WITH KNOWN UNCERTAINTY: A SYNTHESIS.