Complex Ecology: The Part-Whole Relation in Ecosystems [Textbook Binding]

Bernard C. Patten (Author), Sven Erick Jorgensen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 5, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0131615068 | ISBN-13: 978-0131615069 | Edition: 1

For systems ecologists, modelers, environmental engineers, and theoretical ecologists who are interested in mathematics applied to ecology. An advanced and up-to-date treatment of ecological complexity, emphasizing the need for holistic systems approaches. The book provides a compendium of technically oriented systems approaches to complexity at all levels of ecological organization, presenting microscopic and macroscopic views, descriptions of modeling approaches, feedback and stability, and network approaches to trophic dynamics and optimality issues.

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An advanced and up-to-date treatment of ecological complexity, emphasizing the need for holistic systems approaches. The book provides a compendium of technically oriented systems approaches to complexity at all levels of ecological organization, presenting microscopic and macroscopic views, descriptions of modeling approaches, feedback and stability, and network approaches to trophic dynamics and optimality issues. Aimed at systems ecologists, modelers, environmental engineers, and theoretical ecologists who are interested in mathematics applied to ecology.

About the Author

Bernard Patten, Regents Professor of Zoology at the University of Georgia, is a systems ecologist, ecological modeler, and field biologist with research experience in marine, freshwater, wetland, and terrestrial ecosystems. Sven Jorgensen is one of the founding members of the International Society for Ecological Modeling, as well as founding and current editor of the journal, Ecological Modeling. The author of numerous books and articles, he teaches in the department of chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 736 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (December 5, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131615068
• ISBN-13: 978-0131615069
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,462,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)