title: Multi-scale ecosystem analysis.
abstract: As a precursor to management, ecosystems of different sizes need to be mapped at different scales. The key to developing criteria for subdividing land into ecosystems is understanding the factors that control ecosystem size at various scales in a hierarchy. The relationships between an ecosystem at one scale and ecosystems at smaller or larger scales must be examined, in order to predict the effects of management. Multi-scale mapping is helpful in analyzing relationships of this type.
authors.affiliation: Ecosystem Management Staff, National Headquarters, United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service, 3825 East Mulberry Street, 80524, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Bailey