A New Ecology
Systems Perspective

A complete revision of work by top ecologists on the systems approach to ecology, updated with new perspectives and research

Soeren Nors Nielsen (Author), Brian D. Fath (Author), Simone Bastianoni (Author), Joao C. Marques (Author), Felix Muller (Author), Bernard D. Patten (Author), Robert E. Ulanowicz (Author), Enzo Tiezzi (Author)

9780444637574, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 31 August 2019

270 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.76 kg

A New Ecology: Systems Perspective, Second Edition, gives an overview of the commonalities of all ecosystems from a variety of properties, including physical openness, ontic openness, directionality, connectivity, a complex dynamic for growth and development, and a complex dynamic response to disturbances. Each chapter details basic and characteristic properties that help the reader understand how they can be applied to explain a wide spectrum of current ecological research and environmental management applications.

1. Introduction2. Ecosystems have Openness (Thermodynamic)3. Ecosystems have Ontic Openness4. Ecosystems have Connectivity5. Ecosystems as self-organizing Hierarchies6. Ecosystems have Directionality7. Ecosystems have Complex Dynamics (Growth and Development)8. Ecosystems have Complex Dynamics (Disturbance and Decay)9. Ecosystem Principles have Broad Explanatory Power in Ecology10. Ecosystem Principles have Ecological Applications11. Ecosystems carry important messages to Managers and Policy Makers12. Conclusion13. References

Subject Areas: Climate change [RNPG], Applied ecology [RNC], The environment [RN], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]