A Hierarchical Concept of Ecosystems. (MPB-23), Volume 23 /

A Hierarchical Concept of Ecosystems. (MPB-23), Volume 23 / / Timothy F.H. Allen, Robert V. O'Neill, Donald Lee Deangelis, J. B. Waide.

"Ecosystem" is an intuitively appealing concept to most ecologists, but, in spite of its widespread use, the term remains diffuse and ambiguous. The authors of this book argue that previous attempts to define the concept have been derived from particular viewpoints to the exclusion of othe...

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O'Neill, Robert V.,
Deangelis, Donald Lee,
Waide, J. B.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©1987
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Monographs in Population Biology ; 123
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Physical Description:1 online resource (262 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I The Concept of an Ecosystem
  • CHAPTER 1 Fundamental Ambiguities in the Ecosystem Concept
  • CHAPTER 2 A Historical Perspective on How Ecologists Have Viewed Ecosystems
  • Part II Preliminary Considerations
  • CHAPTER 3 The Ecosystem as a System
  • CHAPTER 4 The Concept of Hierarchy and Its Typical Application
  • Part III A Proposal for a Theory
  • CHAPTER 5 Some Elements of Hierarchy Theory
  • CHAPTER 6 Hierarchical Structure as the Consequence of Evolution in Open, Dissipative Systems
  • Part IV Applications of the Theory to Ecological Systems
  • CHAPTER 7 Ecosystems as Hierarchies of Species
  • CHAPTER 8 Ecosystems as Hierarchies of Processes
  • CHAPTER 9 Ecosystems as Dual Hierarchies
  • Literature Cited
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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