Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Ecology

Publication Date

2-1986

Volume

67

Issue

1

First Page

273

Last Page

276

Abstract

Many important ecological questions concern ecosystem processes occurring over large areas. However, our understanding o f ecosystem functions is derived primarily from research executed on small, intensively studied sites, and extrapolation to large areas is difficult.

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1938532

Rights

© 1986 The Ecological Society of America

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