
A New Ecology
Systems Perspective
- 2nd Edition - August 31, 2019
- Authors: Soeren Nors Nielsen, Brian D. Fath, Simone Bastianoni, Joao C. Marques, Felix Muller, Bernard D. Patten, Robert E. Ulanowicz, Enzo Tiezzi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 7 5 7 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 7 6 4 - 2
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 ope… Read more
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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
Ecologists, environmental scientists, environmental engineers, environmental managers, researchers in biodiversity
1. Introduction2. Ecosystems have Openness (Thermodynamic)3. Ecosystems have Ontic Openness4. Ecosystems have Connectivity5. Ecosystems as self-organizing Hierarchies6. Ecosystems have Directionality7. Ecosystems have Complex Dynamics (Growth and Development)8. Ecosystems have Complex Dynamics (Disturbance and Decay)9. Ecosystem Principles have Broad Explanatory Power in Ecology10. Ecosystem Principles have Ecological Applications11. Ecosystems carry important messages to Managers and Policy Makers12. Conclusion13. References
- Edition: 2
- Published: August 31, 2019
- Language: English
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Soeren Nors Nielsen
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Brian D. Fath
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Simone Bastianoni
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Joao C. Marques
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Felix Muller
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Bernard D. Patten
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Robert E. Ulanowicz
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