Umfang:
x, 259 Seiten
,
Diagramme
Ausgabe:
Second edition
ISBN:
9780444637574
Inhalt:
A New Ecology: Systems Perspective, Second Edition, gives an overview of the commonalities of all ecosystems from a variety of properties, including physical openness, ontic openness, directionality, connectivity, a complex dynamic for growth and development, and a complex dynamic response to disturbances. Each chapter details basic and characteristic properties that help the reader understand how they can be applied to explain a wide spectrum of current ecological research and environmental management applications.- Contains revised, updated or redeveloped chapters that include the most current research and technology- Reviews universal traits of ecosystems from multiple perspectives, giving the reader a complete overview of the systems perspective of ecology- Offers broad examples of ecology as a systems science, from the history of science, to philosophy and the arts- Brings together the systems perspective in a framework of four columns for greater understanding, including thermodynamics, network theory, hierarchy theory and biochemistry- Contains new chapter on the application of the theory to environmental management
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geographie
,
Biologie
Schlagwort(e):
Ökologie
;
Ökosystem
;
Dynamisches System
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