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SCALING AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGY

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  1. School of Life Sciences and Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, 85287-4501, Tempe, AZ, USA

    JIANGUO WU

  2. USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Center for Forested Wetlands Research, 29414, Charleston, SC, USA

    HARBIN LI

  3. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 89193-3478, Las Vegas, NV, USA

    K. BRUCE JONES

  4. Department of Zoology, Miami University, 45056, Oxford, OH, USA

    ORIE L. LOUCKS

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  3. USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Center for Forested Wetlands Research, 29414, Charleston, SC, USA

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WU, J., LI, H., JONES, K.B., LOUCKS, O.L. (2006). SCALING WITH KNOWN UNCERTAINTY: A SYNTHESIS. In: WU, J., JONES, K.B., LI, H., LOUCKS, O.L. (eds) SCALING AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGY. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4663-4_18

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