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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816858903321

Titolo

Handbook of ecological models used in ecosystem and environmental management / / edited by Sven Erik Jorgensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2011

ISBN

0-429-14992-1

1-4398-1813-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (636 p.)

Collana

Applied ecology and environmental management

Altri autori (Persone)

JorgensenSven Erik <1934->

Disciplina

577

Soggetti

Ecology - Simulation methods

Pollution - Environmental aspects - Simulation methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Handbook of environmental and ecological modeling / edited by S.E. Jorgensen, B. Halling-Sorensen, S.N. Nielsen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Models of ecosystems -- section 2. Models of environmental problems.

Sommario/riassunto

It is estimated that roughly 1000 new ecological and environmental models join the ranks of the scientific literature each year. The international peer-reviewed literature reports some 20,000 new models spanning the period from 1970-2010. Just to keep abreast of the field it is necessary to design a handbook of models that doesn't merely list them, but rather draws the state-of-the-art development of models for ecosystem and environmental management.Published first in 1996, Handbook of Models Applied in Ecosystem and Environmental Management applies precisely