03264nam 2200685Ia 450 991045936110332120200520144314.01-282-69767-697866126976780-520-94573-510.1525/9780520945739(CKB)2670000000034493(EBL)566767(OCoLC)659590761(SSID)ssj0000412801(PQKBManifestationID)11305563(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412801(PQKBWorkID)10388451(PQKB)10803459(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055781(MiAaPQ)EBC566767(MdBmJHUP)muse30321(DE-B1597)520042(DE-B1597)9780520945739(Au-PeEL)EBL566767(CaPaEBR)ebr10402704(CaONFJC)MIL269767(EXLCZ)99267000000003449320090918d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBig ecology[electronic resource] the emergence of ecosystem science /David C. ColemanBerkeley University of California Press20101 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26475-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --INDEXIn 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 Program (IBP) of the late 1960's and early 1970's, to the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) programs of the 1980's.Biotic communitiesResearchEcosystem managementResearchEcologyResearchInterdisciplinary researchElectronic books.Biotic communitiesResearch.Ecosystem managementResearch.EcologyResearch.Interdisciplinary research.577.072Coleman David C.1938-511903MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459361103321Big ecology2454363UNINA