Complex Ecology
The Part-Whole Relation in Ecosystems
Published on 19. January 1995
Book
Hardback
736 pages
978-0-13-161506-9 (ISBN)
Description
For systems ecologists, modelers, environmental engineers, and theoretical ecologists who are interested in mathematics applied to ecology.
An advanced and up-to-date treatment of ecological complexity, emphasizing the need for holistic systems approaches. The book provides a compendium of technically oriented systems approaches to complexity at all levels of ecological organization, presenting microscopic and macroscopic views, descriptions of modeling approaches, feedback and stability, and network approaches to trophic dynamics and optimality issues.
An advanced and up-to-date treatment of ecological complexity, emphasizing the need for holistic systems approaches. The book provides a compendium of technically oriented systems approaches to complexity at all levels of ecological organization, presenting microscopic and macroscopic views, descriptions of modeling approaches, feedback and stability, and network approaches to trophic dynamics and optimality issues.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
1268 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-161506-9 (9780131615069)
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Bernard Patten, Regents Professor of Zoology at the University of Georgia, is a systems ecologist, ecological modeler, and field biologist with research experience in marine, freshwater, wetland, and terrestrial ecosystems.
Sven Jorgensen is one of the founding members of the International Society for Ecological Modeling, as well as founding and current editor of the journal, Ecological Modeling. The author of numerous books and articles, he teaches in the department of chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sven Jorgensen is one of the founding members of the International Society for Ecological Modeling, as well as founding and current editor of the journal, Ecological Modeling. The author of numerous books and articles, he teaches in the department of chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Content
I. MICROSCOPIC COMPLEXITY: DOWNWARD-INWARD IN THE ECOSYSTEM.
1. Quantum Mechanics and Complex Ecology, Sven E. Jorgensen.
2. Information Theory and Complex Ecology, Ramon Margalef.
3. The Far-From-Equilibrium Ecological Hinterlands, Lionel Johnson.
4. Cybernetic Theory of Complex Ecosystems, Milan Straskraba.
5. Entropy Control of Complex Ecological Processes, Peter Mauersberger.
6. Stochastic Theory of Complex Ecological Systems, Benzion S. Fleishman.
II. MACROSCOPIC COMPLEXITY: OUTWARD-UPWARD IN THE ECOSYSTEM.
7. Model Aggregation: Ecological Perspectives, William G. Cale.
8. Model Aggregation: Mathematical Perspectives, Nicholas K. Luckyanov.
9. Simulation Models of an Estuarine Macrophyte Ecosystem, W. Michael Kemp, Walter R. Boynton, and Albert J. Hermann.
10. Optimal Experimental Conditions to Validate Volatilization Models of Toxic Contaminants, Efraim Halfon.
11. Nonlinear Programming in Regulation of Deer Hunting Pressure, Gordon L. Swartzman and George M. Van Dyne.
12. Simulation Modeling in a Workshop Format, Gregor T. Auble, David B. Hamilton, James E. Roelle, and Austin K. Andrews.
III. COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION: FEEDBACK AND STABILITY.
13. The Mathematics of Community Stability, Yuri M. Svirezhev and Dmitri O. Logofet.
14. Forest Ecosystem Stability: Revision of the Resistance- Resilience Model, Jack B. Waide.
15. Disturbance and Stress Effects on Ecological Systems, David J. Rapport and Henry A. Regier.
16. Societal Instability: Depressions and Wars as Consequences of Ineffective Feedback Control, Kenneth E. F. Watt.
17. Nature an Significance of Feedback in Ecosystems, Donald L. DeAngelis.
18. Biospherics: Knowledge Based Large Scale Ecosystem Design, Bernard P. Zeigler.
IV. COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION: NETWORK PERSPECTIVES.
19. The Genotype-Phenotype-Envirotype Complex: Genetic and Ecological Inheritance in Evolution, F. John Odling-Smee and Bernard C. Patten.
20. Indirect Effects in Complex Ecology: I. The Qualitative Theory, Bernard C. Patten and Tarzan Legovic.
21. Indirect Effects in Complex Ecology: II. The Quantitative Theory, Bernard C. Patten and Masahiko Higashi.
22. Multicommodity Flows in Ecosystem Networks: The "Mixed Units" Problem, Robert Costanza and Bruce Hannon.
V. COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION: NETWORK TROPHIC DYNAMICS.
23. The Complex Ecology of Food Webs, Gary A. Polis.
24. Ecosystem Trophic Foundations: Lindeman Exonerata, Robert E. Ulanowicz.
25. Network Trophic Dynamics: The Alpha and Omega of Food Web Organization, Bernard C. Patten, Masahiko Higashi, and Thomas P. Burns.
VI. COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION: EXTREMAL PRINCIPLES.
26. Exergy and Ecological Systems Analysis, Sven E. Jorgensen.
27. Exergy Principles and Exergical Ecosystems, Sven E. Jorgensen, Dmitri O. Logofet, and Yuri M. Svirezhev.
28. Adaptability: The Ecosystem as an Existential Computer, Michael Conrad.
29. Information Theory and Ecological Networks, Hironori Hirata.
30. Network Growth and Development: Ascendency, Robert E. Ulanowicz
EPILOGUE. Hard Choices for Ecology, Bernard C. Patten. Index.
1. Quantum Mechanics and Complex Ecology, Sven E. Jorgensen.
2. Information Theory and Complex Ecology, Ramon Margalef.
3. The Far-From-Equilibrium Ecological Hinterlands, Lionel Johnson.
4. Cybernetic Theory of Complex Ecosystems, Milan Straskraba.
5. Entropy Control of Complex Ecological Processes, Peter Mauersberger.
6. Stochastic Theory of Complex Ecological Systems, Benzion S. Fleishman.
II. MACROSCOPIC COMPLEXITY: OUTWARD-UPWARD IN THE ECOSYSTEM.
7. Model Aggregation: Ecological Perspectives, William G. Cale.
8. Model Aggregation: Mathematical Perspectives, Nicholas K. Luckyanov.
9. Simulation Models of an Estuarine Macrophyte Ecosystem, W. Michael Kemp, Walter R. Boynton, and Albert J. Hermann.
10. Optimal Experimental Conditions to Validate Volatilization Models of Toxic Contaminants, Efraim Halfon.
11. Nonlinear Programming in Regulation of Deer Hunting Pressure, Gordon L. Swartzman and George M. Van Dyne.
12. Simulation Modeling in a Workshop Format, Gregor T. Auble, David B. Hamilton, James E. Roelle, and Austin K. Andrews.
III. COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION: FEEDBACK AND STABILITY.
13. The Mathematics of Community Stability, Yuri M. Svirezhev and Dmitri O. Logofet.
14. Forest Ecosystem Stability: Revision of the Resistance- Resilience Model, Jack B. Waide.
15. Disturbance and Stress Effects on Ecological Systems, David J. Rapport and Henry A. Regier.
16. Societal Instability: Depressions and Wars as Consequences of Ineffective Feedback Control, Kenneth E. F. Watt.
17. Nature an Significance of Feedback in Ecosystems, Donald L. DeAngelis.
18. Biospherics: Knowledge Based Large Scale Ecosystem Design, Bernard P. Zeigler.
IV. COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION: NETWORK PERSPECTIVES.
19. The Genotype-Phenotype-Envirotype Complex: Genetic and Ecological Inheritance in Evolution, F. John Odling-Smee and Bernard C. Patten.
20. Indirect Effects in Complex Ecology: I. The Qualitative Theory, Bernard C. Patten and Tarzan Legovic.
21. Indirect Effects in Complex Ecology: II. The Quantitative Theory, Bernard C. Patten and Masahiko Higashi.
22. Multicommodity Flows in Ecosystem Networks: The "Mixed Units" Problem, Robert Costanza and Bruce Hannon.
V. COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION: NETWORK TROPHIC DYNAMICS.
23. The Complex Ecology of Food Webs, Gary A. Polis.
24. Ecosystem Trophic Foundations: Lindeman Exonerata, Robert E. Ulanowicz.
25. Network Trophic Dynamics: The Alpha and Omega of Food Web Organization, Bernard C. Patten, Masahiko Higashi, and Thomas P. Burns.
VI. COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION: EXTREMAL PRINCIPLES.
26. Exergy and Ecological Systems Analysis, Sven E. Jorgensen.
27. Exergy Principles and Exergical Ecosystems, Sven E. Jorgensen, Dmitri O. Logofet, and Yuri M. Svirezhev.
28. Adaptability: The Ecosystem as an Existential Computer, Michael Conrad.
29. Information Theory and Ecological Networks, Hironori Hirata.
30. Network Growth and Development: Ascendency, Robert E. Ulanowicz
EPILOGUE. Hard Choices for Ecology, Bernard C. Patten. Index.