Observation and Ecology Broadening the Scope of Science to Understand a Complex World

Name: Observation and Ecology Broadening the Scope of Science to Understand a Complex World
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ISBN: 9781597268264

ISBN-10: 1597268267

ISBN-13: 9781597268264

Edition: 2012

Authors: Rafe Sagarin, Anï¿½bal Pauchard, Anï¿½bal Pauchard

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The need to understand and address large-scale environmental problems that are difficult to study in controlled environments—issues ranging from climate change to overfishing to invasive species—is driving the field of ecology in new and important directions.Observation and Ecologydocuments that transformation, exploring how scientists and researchers are expanding their methodological toolbox to incorporate an array of new and reexamined observational approaches—from traditional ecological knowledge to animal-borne sensors to genomic and remote-sensing technologies—to track, study, and understand current environmental problems and their implications. The authors paint a clear picture of…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 7/16/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Role of Observation in Ecological Science



An Observational Approach to Ecology



Observational Approaches in Historical Context



Using Observations in Ecology



Using All the Senses in Ecology



Using Technology to Expand Our Observational Senses



Local, Traditional, and Accidental Ecological Observers and Observations



The Challenges Posed by an Observational Approach



Dealing with Too Many Observations, and Too Few



Is Observation-Based Ecology Scientific?



Beyond Academia: The Power of Observational Approaches



Ecology's Renewed Importance in Policy



Opening Nature's Door to a New Generation of Citizens and Ecologists


Conclusions


References


About the Authors


About the Contributors


Index