
The Ecology of Place
Contributions of Place-Based Research to Ecological Understanding
University of Chicago Press
Published on 15. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-226-05043-0 (ISBN)
Description
Ecologists can spend a lifetime researching a small patch of the earth, studying the interactions between organisms and the environment, and exploring the roles those interactions play in determining distribution, abundance, and evolutionary change. With so few ecologists and so many systems to study, generalizations are essential. But how do you extrapolate knowledge about a well-studied area and apply it elsewhere? Through a range of original essays written by eminent ecologists and naturalists, "The Ecology of Place" explores how place-focused research yields exportable general knowledge as well as practical local knowledge, and how society can facilitate ecological understanding by investing in field sites, place-centered databases, interdisciplinary collaborations, and field-oriented education programs that emphasize natural history. This unique patchwork of case-study narratives, philosophical musings, and historical analyses is tied together with commentaries from editors Ian Billick and Mary V. Price that develop and synthesize common threads. The result is a unique volume rich with all-too-rare insights into how science is actually done, as told by scientists themselves.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 24 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-05043-0 (9780226050430)
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Ian Billick | Mary V. Price
Ecology of Place
Contributions of Place-Based Research to Ecological Understanding
E-Book
08/2012
1st Edition
University of Chicago Press
€70.49
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Persons
Ian Billick is executive director of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Crested Butte, Colorado. Mary V. Price is professor emerita of biology at the University of California, Riverside.