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A new ecology : systems perspective /
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 distur...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands :
Elsevier,
2020.
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| Édition: | Second edition. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Introduction : a new ecology is needed
- Ecosystems have thermodynamic openness
- Ecosystems have ontic openness
- Ecosystems have connectivity
- Ecosystems as self-organizing hierarchies
- Ecosystems have directionality
- Ecosystems have complex dynamics : growth and development
- Ecosystems have complex dynamics : disturbance and decay
- Ecosystem principles have broad explanatory power in ecology
- Ecosystem principles have ecological applications
- Ecosystems carry important messages to managers and policy makers
- Conclusions and final remarks.