Suggested hierarchy of criteria for multi-scale ecosystem mapping

Abstract Ecological units of different size suited to the kinds of questions being asked at different levels of management decisions need to be identified and mapped. A set of criteria for sub-dividing a landscape into ecosystems of different size is presented, based on differences in factors important in controlling ecosystem size at varying scales in a hierarchy.

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