Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern (Ecology & Environment, 2)

Jørgensen, Sven Erik

ISBN 10: 0792345231 / ISBN 13: 9780792345237

Editore: Springer, 1997

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• Titolo: Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern (Ecology & Environment, 2)
• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0792345231
• ISBN 13: 9780792345237
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: seconda edizione
• Condizione: Like New
• Tipo di libro: book

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Riassunto

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

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.