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The balance of nature [[electronic resource] ] : ecology's enduring myth / / John Kricher
| The balance of nature [[electronic resource] ] : ecology's enduring myth / / John Kricher |
| Autore | Kricher John C |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology - History
Ecology - Philosophy Philosophy of nature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-15879-1
9786612158797 1-4008-3026-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Why It Matters -- 2. Of What Purpose Are Mosquitoes? -- 3. Creating Paradigms -- 4. Ecology B.C. ("Before Charles") -- 5. Ecology A.D. ("After Darwin") -- 6. The Twentieth Century: Ecology Comes of Age -- 7. A Visit to Bodie: Ecological Space and Time -- 8. Ecology and Evolution: Process and Paradigm -- 9. Be Glad to Be an Earthling -- 10. Life Plays the Lottery -- 11. Why Global Climate Is Like New England Weather -- 12. Taking It from the Top-or the Bottom -- 13. For the Love of Biodiversity (and Stable Ecosystems?) -- 14. Facing Marley's Ghost -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455252303321 |
Kricher John C
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 | ||
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The balance of nature [[electronic resource] ] : ecology's enduring myth / / John Kricher
| The balance of nature [[electronic resource] ] : ecology's enduring myth / / John Kricher |
| Autore | Kricher John C |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology - History
Ecology - Philosophy Philosophy of nature |
| ISBN |
1-282-15879-1
9786612158797 1-4008-3026-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Why It Matters -- 2. Of What Purpose Are Mosquitoes? -- 3. Creating Paradigms -- 4. Ecology B.C. ("Before Charles") -- 5. Ecology A.D. ("After Darwin") -- 6. The Twentieth Century: Ecology Comes of Age -- 7. A Visit to Bodie: Ecological Space and Time -- 8. Ecology and Evolution: Process and Paradigm -- 9. Be Glad to Be an Earthling -- 10. Life Plays the Lottery -- 11. Why Global Climate Is Like New England Weather -- 12. Taking It from the Top-or the Bottom -- 13. For the Love of Biodiversity (and Stable Ecosystems?) -- 14. Facing Marley's Ghost -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778218503321 |
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Kricher John C
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The balance of nature : ecology's enduring myth / / John Kricher
| The balance of nature : ecology's enduring myth / / John Kricher |
| Autore | Kricher John C |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology - History
Ecology - Philosophy Philosophy of nature |
| ISBN |
1-282-15879-1
9786612158797 1-4008-3026-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Why It Matters -- 2. Of What Purpose Are Mosquitoes? -- 3. Creating Paradigms -- 4. Ecology B.C. ("Before Charles") -- 5. Ecology A.D. ("After Darwin") -- 6. The Twentieth Century: Ecology Comes of Age -- 7. A Visit to Bodie: Ecological Space and Time -- 8. Ecology and Evolution: Process and Paradigm -- 9. Be Glad to Be an Earthling -- 10. Life Plays the Lottery -- 11. Why Global Climate Is Like New England Weather -- 12. Taking It from the Top-or the Bottom -- 13. For the Love of Biodiversity (and Stable Ecosystems?) -- 14. Facing Marley's Ghost -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807239503321 |
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Kricher John C
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beiträge zum Göttinger umwelthistorischen kolloquium 2004-2006 / / Bernd Herrmann [editor]
| Beiträge zum Göttinger umwelthistorischen kolloquium 2004-2006 / / Bernd Herrmann [editor] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Göttingen] : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology - History
Environmental management Ecology Earth & Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996198739103316 |
| [Göttingen] : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Beiträge zum Göttinger umwelthistorischen kolloquium 2004-2006 / / Bernd Herrmann [editor]
| Beiträge zum Göttinger umwelthistorischen kolloquium 2004-2006 / / Bernd Herrmann [editor] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Göttingen] : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology - History
Environmental management Ecology Earth & Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910130792903321 |
| [Göttingen] : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beiträge zum Göttinger Umwelthistorischen Kolloquium 2008-2009 : Graduiertenkolleg Interdisziplinäre Umweltgeschichte / / Bernd Herrmann [editor]
| Beiträge zum Göttinger Umwelthistorischen Kolloquium 2008-2009 : Graduiertenkolleg Interdisziplinäre Umweltgeschichte / / Bernd Herrmann [editor] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Göttingen : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental sciences - History
Ecology - History Environmental protection - History Nature conservation - History Earth & Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996201644003316 |
| Göttingen : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Beiträge zum Göttinger Umwelthistorischen Kolloquium 2008-2009 : Graduiertenkolleg Interdisziplinäre Umweltgeschichte / / Bernd Herrmann [editor]
| Beiträge zum Göttinger Umwelthistorischen Kolloquium 2008-2009 : Graduiertenkolleg Interdisziplinäre Umweltgeschichte / / Bernd Herrmann [editor] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Göttingen : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental sciences - History
Ecology - History Environmental protection - History Nature conservation - History Earth & Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910130752803321 |
| Göttingen : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecological changes in the Zambezi River Basin / / editors, Mzime Ndebele-Murisa [et al.]
| Ecological changes in the Zambezi River Basin / / editors, Mzime Ndebele-Murisa [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dakar, Senegal : , : CODESRIA, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 online resource) |
| Disciplina | 574.509 |
| Soggetto topico | Ecology - History |
| ISBN | 2-38234-021-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794431703321 |
| Dakar, Senegal : , : CODESRIA, , [2021] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecological changes in the Zambezi River Basin / / editors, Mzime Ndebele-Murisa [et al.]
| Ecological changes in the Zambezi River Basin / / editors, Mzime Ndebele-Murisa [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dakar, Senegal : , : CODESRIA, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 online resource) |
| Disciplina | 574.509 |
| Soggetto topico | Ecology - History |
| ISBN | 2-38234-021-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823257303321 |
| Dakar, Senegal : , : CODESRIA, , [2021] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecological paradigms lost [[electronic resource] ] : routes of theory change / / [editors] Kim Cuddington, Beatrix E. Beisner
| Ecological paradigms lost [[electronic resource] ] : routes of theory change / / [editors] Kim Cuddington, Beatrix E. Beisner |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (459 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.01 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CuddingtonKim
BeisnerBeatrix E |
| Collana | Theoretical ecology series |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology - History
Ecology - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-63052-3
9786610630523 0-08-045786-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; 1: WHY A HISTORY OF ECOLOGY? AN INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; PART I: POPULATION ECOLOGY; 2: UNSTRUCTURED MODELS IN ECOLOGY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 THE BASIC (DETERMINISTIC) UNSTRUCTURED MODELS; 2.3 SINGLE SPECIES; 2.3.1 Continuous Time; 2.3.2 Discrete Time; 2.4 TWO SPECIES; 2.4.1 Continuous Time Exploiter-Victim Models; 2.4.2 Nicholson-Bailey Discrete Time Models; 2.4.3 SIR Epidemiological Models; 2.4.4 Competition; 2.5 MORE THAN TWO SPECIES; 2.6 TIME SERIES AND MODEL FITTING; 2.7 THE FUTURE OF UNSTRUCTURED MODELS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES; 3: UNSTRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS: DO POPULATION-LEVEL ASSUMPTIONS YIELD GENERAL THEORY?; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 CORE THEORY OR LIMITING CASE?; 3.3 DERIVING GENERAL POPULATION MODELS: STARTING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL; 3.4 THREE CASE STUDIES; 3.4.1 Consumer-Resource Interactions; 3.4.2 Tritrophic Food Chain; 3.4.3 Cannibalism; 3.4.4 Overall Conclusions; 3.5 AN APPROPRIATE MODELLING FRAMEWORK: PHYSIOLOGICALLY STRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS; 3.6 ON TESTABILITY; 3.7 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES 4: THE "STRUCTURE" OF POPULATION ECOLOGY: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON UNSTRUCTURED AND STRUCTURED MODELS 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 MODELS, MODELS, AND MORE MODELS; 4.3 REVISITING MODELLING TRADE-OFFS; 4.4 GENERALITY?; 4.5 REDUCTIONISM REDUX; 4.6 STRUCTURAL PLURALISM; 4.7 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY; 5: THE LAW OF MASS-ACTION IN EPIDEMIOLOGY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 CATO MAXIMILIAN GULDBERG AND PETER WAAGE; 5.3 WILLIAM HEATON HAMER; 5.4 RONALD ROSS AND ANDERSON McKENDRICK; 5.5 HERBERT EDWARD SOPER; 5.6 A SCIENCE TAKING FLIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REFERENCES; 6: EXTENSIONS TO MASS-ACTION MIXING; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 FUNCTIONAL FORMS; 6.3 METAPOPULATION MODELS; 6.4 CELLULAR AUTOMATA; 6.5 NETWORK MODELS; 6.6 ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: POWER-LAW EXPONENTS; 6.7 ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: PAIR-WISE MODELS; 6.8: ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: MOMENT CLOSURE; 6.9: CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 7: MASS-ACTION AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 MODEL FORMS AS PARADIGMS FOR THEORY CHANGE; 7.3 ROBUSTNESS ASSESSMENT; 7.4 ADVANCING A SCIENCE OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ANALYSIS; REFERENCES PART III: COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 8: COMMUNITY DIVERSITY AND STABILITY: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES AND CHANGING DEFINITIONS; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 HISTORY; 8.3 MULTIPLE TYPES OF STABILITY IN A MODEL ECOSYSTEM; 8.3.1 The 1970's and 1980's; 8.3.2 The 1950's and 1960's; 8.3.3 The 1990's; 8.3.4 Summary; 8.4 TESTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIVERSITY AND STABILITY; 8.4.1 The 1950's and 1960's; 8.4.2 The 1970's and 1980's; 8.4.3 The 1990's; 8.4.4 Summary; 8.5 SUGGESTIONS FOR SPECIFIC "TESTS"; Q1: What Is the Most Appropriate Measure of Diversity?; Q2: How Strong Are Species Interactions, and Are They Linear and Additive? Q3: What Dictates the Structure of Communities? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458493203321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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