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Ecological understanding : the nature of theory and the theory of nature / Steward T.A. Pickett, Jurek Kolasa, and Clive G. Jones.

Title: Ecological understanding : the nature of theory and the theory of nature / Steward T.A. Pickett, Jurek Kolasa, and Clive G. Jones.
Author: Pickett, Steward T., 1950-
Publication: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2007.

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Description

x, 233 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

"This widely-anticipated revision of the groundbreaking book, Ecological Understanding, updates this crucial sourcebook of contemporary philosophical insights for practicing ecologists and graduate students in ecology and environmental studies."--Jacket.

Subject

Ecology > Philosophy
Ecology > Methodology

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

PART I. Advancing the Discipline and Enhancing Applications -- Integration in Ecology -- Understanding in Ecology -- PART II. The Nature of Theory -- The Anatomy of Theory -- The Ontogeny of Theory -- The Taxonomy of Theory -- PART III. From Theory to Integration and Application -- Fundamental Questions: Changes in Understanding -- Integration and Synthesis -- PART IV. Theory and Its Environment -- Constraint and Objectivity in Ecological Integration -- Ecological Understanding and the Public.

ISBN

9780125545228
0125545223

LCCN

^^2007005796

OCLC

83758736
SCSB-10311211

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library