Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern

Sven Erik Jørgensen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

388 Seiten

1997 | 2nd rev. ed. 1997
Springer (Verlag)
978-0-7923-4523-7 (ISBN)

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The book integrates for the first time existing ecosystem theories and is therefore able to present a full ecological and theoretical pattern. It shows that we are able to understand ecosystems and their reactions, provided that we use all basic systems ecology for different aspects of ecosystem properties. The first edition of this book was published in 1992. This second edition contains the many recently published and presented contributions on ecosystem theories, which show even more strongly that an integration of the existing ecosystem theories is needed and also possible.

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 Ascendancy.- 9 Catastrophe Theory and Ecology.- 10 Chaos, Fractals and Ecology.- 11 Ecosystem Health.- 12 Development of Ecosystems.- 13 Dynamics of Ecosystems.- 14 Goal Functions, Ecological Indicators and Orientators.- 15 A Tentative Pattern of Ecosystem Theories.- 16 Epilogue.- Appendix 1. Definitions of Concepts.- References.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.10.1997
Reihe/Serie	Ecology & Environment ; 2
Zusatzinfo	XII, 388 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	0-7923-4523-1 / 0792345231
ISBN-13	978-0-7923-4523-7 / 9780792345237
Zustand	Neuware