Buch, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 770 g
Reihe: Ecology & Environment
Buch, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 770 g
Reihe: Ecology & Environment
ISBN: 978-0-7923-4523-7
Verlag: Springer
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.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie
Weitere Infos & Material
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.
