Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern
2nd Edition
Published on 31. October 1997
Book
Hardback
XII, 388 pages
978-0-7923-4523-7 (ISBN)
Description
The book integrates for the first time existing ecosystem theories and is therefore able to present a full ecological and theoretical pattern. It shows that we are able to understand ecosystems and their reactions, provided that we use all basic systems ecology for different aspects of ecosystem properties. The first edition of this book was published in 1992. This second edition contains the many recently published and presented contributions on ecosystem theories, which show even more strongly that an integration of the existing ecosystem theories is needed and also possible.
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Series
Edition
Second Edition 1997
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
XII, 388 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
770 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7923-4523-7 (9780792345237)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-5748-3
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Content
1 Introduction: Recent Trends in Science.- 2 Do We Need a New, Holistic Ecology?.- 3 Models in Ecology.- 4 Energy and Ecology.- 5 Entropy and Ecology.- 6 Exergy and Ecology.- 7 Network and Hierarchical Concepts of Ecosystems.- 8 Utility Theory, Indirect Effect and Ascendancy.- 9 Catastrophe Theory and Ecology.- 10 Chaos, Fractals and Ecology.- 11 Ecosystem Health.- 12 Development of Ecosystems.- 13 Dynamics of Ecosystems.- 14 Goal Functions, Ecological Indicators and Orientators.- 15 A Tentative Pattern of Ecosystem Theories.- 16 Epilogue.- Appendix 1. Definitions of Concepts.- References.