| Description |
1 online resource (505 pages). |
| Series |
Complexity in Ecological Systems
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Principles of Ecological Integration; 2. The Landscape Criterion; 3. The Ecosystem Criterion; 4. The Community Criterion; 5. The Organism Criterion; 6. The Population Criterion; 7. The Biome and Biosphere Criteria; 8. Narratives for Complexity; 9. Management of Ecological Systems; 10. A Unified Approach to Basic Research; Conclusion; Notes; References. |
| Summary |
The first edition of Toward a Unified Ecology was ahead of its time, and in this equally groundbreaking text, the authors present a new synthesis of their core ideas on evaluating communities, organisms, populations, biomes, models, and management. The book places greater emphasis on post-normal critiques, cognizant of ever-present observer values in the system. The problem is how to work holistically on complex things that cannot be defined, and this book continues to define an approach to the problem of scaling in ecosystems. Provoked by complexity theory, the authors add a whole new chapter. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Ecology -- Philosophy.
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Earth & Environmental Sciences.
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Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Ecology -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst00901514
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| Added Author |
Hoekstra, T. W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Allen, T.F.H. Toward a unified ecology. Second edition 9780231168885 (DLC) 2014033202 (OCoLC)889688437 |
| ISBN |
9780231538466 (electronic book) |
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