統合的生態学への道（第２版） Toward a Unified Ecology (Complexity in Ecological Systems) （2ND）

Allen, Timothy/ Hoekstra, Thomas

Columbia University Press（2015/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 504 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780231168892
• DDC分類 577

Full Description

The first edition of Toward a Unified Ecology was ahead of its time. For the second edition, the authors present a new synthesis of their core ideas on evaluating communities, organisms, populations, biomes, models, and management. The book now places greater emphasis on post-normal critiques, cognizant of ever-present observer values in the system. The problem it addresses is how to work holistically on complex things that cannot be defined, and this book continues to build an approach to the problem of scaling in ecosystems. Provoked by complexity theory, the authors add a whole new chapter on the central role of narrative in science and how models improve them. The book takes data and modeling seriously, with a sophisticated philosophy of science.

Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Principles of Ecological Integration 2. The Landscape Criterion 3. The Ecosystem Criterion 4. The Community Criterion 5. The Organism Criterion 6. The Population Criterion 7. The Biome and Biosphere Criteria 8. Narratives for Complexity 9. Management of Ecological Systems 10. A Unified Approach to Basic Research Conclusion Notes References Index