Uncertainty in scaling nutrient export coefficients

Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology: Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 225-237

  Wickham, James D ^a   Jones, K Bruce ^a   Wade, Timothy G ^a   Riitters, Kurt H ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4663-4_12     Document Type: Chapter

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