Uncertainty analysis: An evaluation metric for synthesis science

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Harmon, Mark E ^a   Fasth, Becky ^a   Halpern, Charles B ^b   Lutz, James A ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; H. J. Andrews experimental forest; Measurement uncertainty; Model parameter uncertainty; Model selection uncertainty; Oregon, ?USA; Sampling uncertainty; Special feature: ?Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928729203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00235.1     Document Type: Review

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