Ecology, the Ascendent PerspectiveColumbia University Press, 1997 - 201 páginas Ecology, Ulanowicz argues, needs a more robust central paradigm, and this book presents one derived from current work in information theory, ecosystem energetics, and complexity theory; the result is a theoretical and empirical tool kit better able to measure the developmental status of any living community. Ranging widely to explore critical issues in the history of science--order, causality, progress, laws--Ulanowicz sets forth a coherent theoretical framework for ecology. He demonstrates that mechanical models can capture behavior of relatively simple, isolated populations, but fail to explain the rich, complex, and sometimes unpredictable mix of order and disorder that characterizes larger systems. A challenge to existing Newtonian and Darwinian paradigms, this book suggests ways to bring ecology from the fringes to the center of science. |
Contenido
The Exceptional Science | 1 |
Causality in the Age of Science | 11 |
2 | 17 |
The Emergence of Order | 36 |
Quantifying Growth and Development | 56 |
Extending Ascendency | 96 |
Other Members of the Elephant | 104 |
Practical Applications | 120 |
The Ascendent Worldview | 144 |
167 | |
179 | |
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Ecology, the Ascendent Perspective: Robert E. Ulanowicz Robert E. Ulanowicz Vista previa limitada - 1997 |
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Fundamentals of Ecological Modelling Sven Erik Jørgensen,G. Bendoricchio Sin vista previa disponible - 2001 |