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Autore |
Coleman David C. <1938-> |
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Titolo |
Big ecology [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of ecosystem science / / David C. Coleman |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-69767-6 |
9786612697678 |
0-520-94573-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Biotic communities - Research |
Ecosystem management - Research |
Ecology - Research |
Interdisciplinary research |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. Intellectual Antecedents to Large-Scale Ecosystem Studies -- CHAPTER TWO. How the International Biological Program Swept the Scientific World -- CHAPTER THREE. The Origin and Evolution of the Long-Term Ecological Research Program -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Future of Big Ecology: IGBP, AmeriFlux, NEON, and Other Major Initiatives -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Big Ecology, David C. Coleman documents his historically fruitful ecological collaborations in the early years of studying large ecosystems in the United States. As Coleman explains, the concept of the ecosystem-a local biological community and its interactions with its environment-has given rise to many institutions and research programs, like the National Science Foundation's program for Long Term Ecological Research. Coleman's insider account of this important and fascinating trend toward big science takes us from the paradigm of collaborative interdisciplinary research, starting with the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957, through the International Biological |
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