Multiscale relationships between landscape characteristics and nitrogen concentrations in streams

Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology: Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 205-224

  Jones, K Bruce ^a   Neale, Anne C ^a   Wade, Timothy G ^a   Cross, Chad L ^a   Wickham, James D ^a   Nash, Maliha S ^a   Edmonds, Curtis M ^a   Riitters, Kurt H ^b   O'Neill, Robert V ^c   Smith, Elizabeth R ^a   Van Remortel, Rick D ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Lockheed Environmental Systems and Technologies Company   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4663-4_11     Document Type: Chapter

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