Ecological Understanding The Nature of Theory and the Theory of Nature

Name: Ecological Understanding The Nature of Theory and the Theory of Nature
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ISBN: 9780125547208

ISBN-10: 012554720X

ISBN-13: 9780125547208

Edition: 1994

Authors: Steward T. A. Pickett, Jurek Kolasa, Clive G. Jones

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Ecology is an historical science in which theories can be as difficult to test as they are to devise. This volume, intended for ecologists and evolutionary biologists, reviews ecological theories, and how they are generated, evaluated, and categorized. Synthesizing a vast and sometimes labyrinthine literature, this book is a useful entry into the scientific philosophy of ecology and natural history. The need for integration of the contributions to theory made by different disciplines is a central theme of this book. The authors demonstrate that only through such integration will advances in ecological theory be possible. Ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and other serious students of…

Book details

List price: $72.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 9/14/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 206
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Ecological Understanding: Advancing the Discipline and Enhancing Application: Integration in Ecology


Understanding in Ecology


The Nature of Theory: The Anatomy of Theory


The Ontogeny of Theory


The Taxonomy of Theory


From Theory to Integration and Application


Fundamental Questions: Changes in Understanding


The Process of Integration


Theory and Its Environment: Constraint and Objectivity in Integration


Ecological Understanding and the Public


Subject Index