Quantitative Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Scaling

Introduction: The Concept of Scale in Ecology. Multiscale Analysis. Scaled Quantities: Quantities. Units and Dimensions. Rescaling Quantities. Scope of Quantities. Spatial and Temporal Variability: The Geography and Chronology of Quantities. Quantities Derived from Sequential Measurements. Ensemble Quantities: Weighted Sums. Ensemble Quantities: Variability. Relation of Quantities: Equations. Expected Value of a Quantity. Scaling from the Minuscule to the Monstrous: Allometric Rescaling. Spatial Scaling. Subject Index.