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Toward a Unified Ecology /

The first edition of Toward a Unified Ecology was ahead of its time. For the second edition, the authors present a new synthesis of their core ideas on evaluating communities, organisms, populations, biomes, models, and management. The book now places greater emphasis on post-normal critiques, cogni...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Allen, Timothy (Autor), Hoekstra, Thomas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Edición:second edition
Colección:Complexity in Ecological Systems
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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
  • Index