SPATIAL scale terminology | Definition | TEMPORAL scale terminology | Definition |
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Sampling resolution | Area of an individual spatial replicate. The finest scale at which a complete measurement of every unit of the quantity of interest is recorded | Sampling duration | How long it took to make one observation of the phenomenon in question, at a given point in space |
Observational interval | The time that elapsed between repeated observations of the same point in space or individual organism | ||
Actual extent | The summed area of all spatial replicates (calculated by multiplying the sampling resolution by the number of spatial replicates) | Actual duration | Summed observational time of all temporal replicates (calculated by multiplying the sampling duration by the number of repeat observations) |
Total extent | The total area enclosed within a perimeter defined by the outermost spatial replicates | Total duration | The total period of time over which the phenomenon of interest was observed (between the first and last temporal replicate) |