| Main Title |
Integration of ecosystem theories : a pattern / |
| Author |
Jorgensen, Sven Erik, ;
J rgensen, Sven Erik
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| Publisher |
Kluwer Academic Publishers, |
| Year Published |
2002 |
| OCLC Number |
49891797 |
| ISBN |
1402006519; 9781402006517; 1402007558; 9781402007552 |
| Subjects |
Ecology--Philosophy ;
Theorie ;
eOkosystem ;
Theorie--(DE-588)4059787-8 ;
eOkosystem--(DE-588)4043216-6
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EKCM |
QH540.5.J67 2002 |
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CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL |
05/23/2003 |
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| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Collation |
xii, 420 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-418) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
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. Dynamic of Ecosystems -- 14. Goal Functions, Ecological Indicators and Orientors -- 15. A Tentative Pattern of Ecosystem Theories -- 16. Towards a Consistent Ecosystem Theory -- 17. Epilogue -- 18. Appendix I. Definitions of Concepts -- 19. References -- 20. Index. "Presents an integration of existing ecosystem theories in a comprehensive way such as to enable a full ecological and theoretical pattern to be presented. It shows that ecosystems and their reactions may be understood, provided that all basic systems ecology is applied to different aspects of the properties of the ecosystems."--Book jacket. |
