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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460838403321

Autore

Jørgensen Sven Erik <1934->

Titolo

Introduction to systems ecology / / Sven Erik Jørgensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-10775-7

1-4398-5520-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Applied Ecology and Environmental Management

Disciplina

577.8/2

Soggetti

Biotic communities

Bioenergetics

Thermodynamics

Ecology - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Systems Ecology: An Ecological Discipline; Chapter 2: Conservation of Energy and Matter; Chapter 3: Ecosystems: Growth and Development; Chapter 4: Irreversibility and Order: The Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics; Chapter 5: The Biochemistry of Ecosystems; Chapter 6: The Thermodynamic Interpretation of Ecosystem Growth and Development; Chapter 7: The Ecological Law of Thermodynamics; Chapter 8: Ecosystems Are Open Systems; Chapter 9: Ecosystems Have a Hierarchical Organization; Chapter 10: Ecosystems Have a High Diversity

Chapter 11: Ecosystems Have a High Buffer CapacityChapter 12: The Components of Ecosystems Form Ecological Networks; Chapter 13: Ecosystems Have a Very High Content of Information; Chapter 14: Ecosystems Have Emerging Holistic System Properties; Chapter 15: Application of System Ecology in Ecological Subdisciplines and Environmental Management; References; Appendix; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

System Ecology: An Ecological DisciplineWhat Is Systems Ecology?The Holistic ApproachOutline of the BookPART 1Conservation of Energy and MatterThe Conservation LawsOther Thermodynamic FunctionsLiebig's



Law of MinimumBioaccumulation and BiomagnificationCycling in Ecosystems and in the EcosphereEnergy Flows in EcosystemsEcosystems: Growth and DevelopmentThe Maximum Power PrincipleEmbodied Energy/EmergyEcosystem as a Biochemical ReactorTechnological and Ecological Interpretation of the ThermodynamicConcept ExergyEco-Exergy and InformationIrreversibility and Order: The Second and Third Laws of The