... scales(Rubec, 19 83):• Ecoregion (1: 3,000,000 to 1: 1,000,000),• Ecodistrict (1: 500,000 to 1: 125,000),• Ecosection (1: 250,000 to 1: 50,000),• Ecosite (1: 50,000 to 1: 10,000), and• Ecoelement (1: 10,000 ... roughly, forest covertypes, forest ecosystems, and forest stands — that can be managed uniformly (Bailey etal., 19 78). The expectation in forestry is that the smallest landscape units, forestsstands, ... toaccomplish the goals of forest management. It seems unlikely that there will be aone-to-one correspondence between spectral response patterns, forest covertypes, forest ecosystems and forest stands;...