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Big ecology [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of ecosystem science / / David C. Coleman



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Autore: Coleman David C. <1938-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Big ecology [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of ecosystem science / / David C. Coleman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
Disciplina: 577.072
Soggetto topico: Biotic communities - Research
Ecosystem management - Research
Ecology - Research
Interdisciplinary research
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 Program (IBP) of the late 1960's and early 1970's, to the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) programs of the 1980's.
Titolo autorizzato: Big ecology  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-69767-6
9786612697678
0-520-94573-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910459361103321
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