Ecological Understanding
The Nature of Theory and the Theory of Nature
- 1st Edition - July 7, 1994
- Authors: Steward T.A. Pickett, Jurek Kolasa, Clive G. Jones
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 5 5 4 7 2 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 0 4 9 7 - 1
Ecology is an historical science in which theories can be as difficult to test as they are to devise. This volume, intended for ecologists and evolutionary biologists, reviews… Read more
Ecology is an historical science in which theories can be as difficult to test as they are to devise. This volume, intended for ecologists and evolutionary biologists, reviews ecological theories, and how they are generated, evaluated, and categorized. Synthesizing a vast and sometimes labyrinthine literature, this book is a useful entry into the scientific philosophy of ecology and natural history. The need for integration of the contributions to theory made by different disciplines is a central theme of this book. The authors demonstrate that only through such integration will advances in ecological theory be possible. Ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and other serious students of natural history will want this book.
Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and researchers in ecology. Both theoreticians and practicing ecologists will want this book. Libraries with strong ecology collections will be likely buyers.
Ecological Understanding: Advancing the Discipline and Enhancing Application:Integration in Ecology.Understanding in Ecology.The Nature of Theory:The Anatomy of Theory.The Ontogeny of Theory.The Taxonomy of Theory.From Theory to Integration and Application:Fundamental Questions: Changes in Understanding.The Process of Integration.Theory and Its Environment:Constraint and Objectivity in Integration.Ecological Understanding and the Public.Subject Index.
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 7, 1994
- Language: English
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Steward T.A. Pickett
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, U.S.A.JK
Jurek Kolasa
Affiliations and expertise
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaCJ
Clive G. Jones
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, U.S.A.Read Ecological Understanding on ScienceDirect