Ecological understanding : the nature of theory and the theory of nature /
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| Author / Creator: | Pickett, Steward T., 1950- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2007. |
| Description: | x, 233 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6445128 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I. Advancing the Discipline and Enhancing Applications
- Chapter 1. Integration in Ecology
- Chapter 2. Understanding in Ecology
- Part II. The Nature of Theory
- Chapter 3. The Anatomy of Theory
- Chapter 4. The Ontogeny of Theory
- Chapter 5. The Taxonomy of Theory
- Part III. From Theory to Integration and Application
- Chapter 6. Fundamental Questions: Changes in Understanding
- Chapter 7. Integration and Synthesis
- Part IV. Theory and Its Environment
- Chapter 8. Constraint and Objectivity in Ecological Integration
- Chapter 9. Ecological Understanding and the Public
- Literature Cited
- Index
