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Toward a Unified Ecology (Complexity in Ecological Systems)
by Hoekstra, Thomas
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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.
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- Columbia University Press Brand
- Jun 23, 2015 Pub Date:
- 9780231168892 ISBN-13:
- 0231168896 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 1 in * 6.9 in * 9.8 in Dimensions:
- 2 lb Weight:
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