Ecological understanding /
Ecology is an historical science in which theories can be as difficult to test as they are to devise. Ecological Understanding, intended for ecologists and evolutionary biologists, reviews ecological theories and how they are generated, evaluated, and categorized. Synthesizing a vast and sometimes l...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
©1994.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Ecology is an historical science in which theories can be as difficult to test as they are to devise. Ecological Understanding, intended for ecologists and evolutionary biologists, reviews ecological theories and how they are generated, evaluated, and categorized. Synthesizing a vast and sometimes labyrinthine collection of 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, and the authors demonstrate that only through such integration will advances in ecological theory be possible. Ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and other serious students of natural history will find this book an invaluable addition to their academic library. |
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| Item Description: | "The nature of theory and the theory of nature." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 206 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0080504973 9780080504971 |