Design and importance of multi-tiered ecological monitoring networks

Long-Term Ecological Research: Between Theory and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 355-374

  Jones, K Bruce ^a   Bogena, Heye ^b   Vereecken, Harry ^b   Weltzin, Jake F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Ecological monitoring; Monitoring design; Monitoring networks; Multi tiered monitoring networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884979213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8782-9_25     Document Type: Chapter

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