Publication year: 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4020-4663-6
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The book draws together a series of important case studies to provide a comprehensive review and synthesis of the most recent concepts, theories and methods in scaling and uncertainty analysis. It compares current definitions and ideas concerning scale within a coherent framework, and examines two key scaling approaches: similarity-based scaling, which is rooted in the idea of similitude or self-similarity; and dynamic model-based scaling, which emphasizes processes and mechanisms.
Subject: Biomedical and Life Sciences, biodiversity, development, ecology, ecosystem, ecosystem processes, environment