Ecological understanding : the nature of theory and the theory of nature /

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This widely anticipated revision of the groundbreaking book, Ecological Understanding, updates this crucial sourcebook of contemporary philosophical insights for practicing ecologists and graduate students in ecology and environmental studies. The second edition contains new ecological examples, an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pickett, Steward T., 1950-
Otros Autores: Kolasa, Jurek, Jones, Clive G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, �2007.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Ecology > Philosophy.
Ecology > Methodology.
�Ecologie > Philosophie.
�Ecologie > M�ethodologie.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Ecology > Methodology
Ecology > Philosophy
Methode
Wissenschaftstheorie
�Okologie
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part I: Advancing the Discipline and Enhancing Applications
  • Ch. 1 Integration in Ecology
  • Ch. 2 Understanding in Ecology
  • Part II: The Nature of Theory
  • Ch. 3 The Anatomy of Theory
  • Ch. 4 The Ontogeny of Theory
  • Ch. 5 The Taxonomy of Theory
  • Part III: From Theory to Integration and Application
  • Ch. 6 Fundamental Questions:Changes in Understanding
  • Ch. 7 Integration and Synthesis
  • Part IV: Theory and Its Environment
  • Ch. 8 Constraint and Objectivity in Ecological Integration
  • Ch. 9 Ecological Understanding and the Public.

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