Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern: 2 - Rilegato

Jørgensen, Sven Erik

 
9780792345237: Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern: 2

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The book integrates for the first time existing ecosystem theories and is therefore able to present a full ecological and theoretical pattern.

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Contenuti

Prefaces. 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 Ascendency. 9. Catasrophe Theory and Ecology. 10. Chaos, Fractals and Ecology. 11. Ecosystem Health. 12. Development of Ecosystems. 13. Dynamic of Ecosystems. 14. Goal Functions. 15. A Tentative Pattern of Ecosystem Theories. 16. Epilogue. 17. Appendix 1: Definitions of Concepts. 18. References. 19. Index.

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9789401064255: Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern: A Pattern (Ecology & Environment), Second Revised Edition: 2

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  9401064253 ISBN 13:  9789401064255
Casa editrice: Springer, 2012
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