Beyond description: the active and effective way to infer processes from spatial patterns

The ecological processes that create spatial patterns have been examined by direct measurement and through measurement of patterns resulting from experimental manipulations. But in many situations, creating experiments and direct measurement of spatial processes can be difficult or impossible. Here,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ecology (Durham) 2009, Vol.90 (1), p.46-56
Hauptverfasser:	McIntire, Eliot J.B, Fajardo, Alex
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	a priori inference A priori knowledge Animal and plant ecology Animal behavior Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Biodiversity Biological and medical sciences botanical composition competition Concepts & Synthesis: Emphasizing New Ideas to Stimulate Research in Ecology Conservation of Natural Resources data analysis Demography dispersal dispersal behavior diversity Ecological competition Ecological modeling Ecological processes Ecology Ecosystem ecosystems field experimentation Fish Fishes - physiology Flowers & plants Forest ecology forests Fresh Water freshwater fish Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Inference invasion invasive species Landscape ecology literature reviews measurement meta-analysis Motor Activity Mustelidae - physiology Nonnative species Plant ecology space as a surrogate spatial data spatial distribution spatial pattern spatial patterns spatial residuals spatial variation stand structure Trees Tropical Climate tropics vegetation wildlife
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