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Toward a Unified Ecology
Timothy Allen
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Description for Toward a Unified Ecology
Hardback. Series: Complexity in Ecological Systems. Num Pages: 504 pages, 169 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Series
Complexity in Ecological Systems
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231168885
SKU
V9780231168885
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About Timothy Allen
Timothy F. H. Allen is professor emeritus of botany at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Thomas W. Hoekstra is director of Sustainability International in Loveland, Colorado.
Reviews for Toward a Unified Ecology
An important book that offers a synthesis across ecology written large. A provocative work, the authors' 'look 'em in the eye and tell 'em what you think' narrative voice should serve as a long overdue cause for scientists to pay better attention to their work.
H. H. Shugart, author of Foundations of the Earth: Global Ecological Change and the ... Read more
H. H. Shugart, author of Foundations of the Earth: Global Ecological Change and the ... Read more