Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Recent Trends in Science

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   Pages 1-11

3. Do we Need a New, Holistic Ecology?

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   Pages 13-46

4. Models in Ecology

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   Pages 47-74

5. Energy and Ecology

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   Pages 75-96

6. Entropy and Ecology

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   Pages 97-129

7. Exergy and Ecology

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   Pages 131-174

8. Network and Hierarchical Concepts of Ecosystems

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   Pages 175-191

9. Utility Theory, Indirect Effect and Ascendancy

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   Pages 193-221

10. Catastrophe Theory and Ecology

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    Pages 223-246

11. Chaos, Fractals and Ecology

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    Pages 247-264

12. Ecosystem Health

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    Pages 265-280

13. Development of Ecosystems

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    Pages 281-294

14. Dynamics of Ecosystems

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    Pages 295-325

15. Goal Functions, Ecological Indicators and Orientators

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    Pages 327-341

16. A Tentative Pattern of Ecosystem Theories

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    Pages 343-363

17. Towards a Consistent Ecosystem Theory

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    Pages 365-396

18. Epilogue

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    Pages 397-398

19. Appendix 1

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    Pages 399-400

20. References

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    Pages 401-418

The book presents an integration of existing ecosystem theories in such a comprehensive way as to enable a full ecological and theoretical pattern to be presented. It shows that ecosystems and their reactions may be understood, provided that all basic systems ecology is applied to different aspects of the properties of ecosystems. Since the publication of the previous two editions of this book, ongoing research and discussions on an international scale have greatly clarified and enhanced this pattern. This progress is presented as Chapter 16 in this new, third edition. It is shown that the integrated ecosystem theory presented can be applied to explain various ecological observations and rules.
Audience: Researchers and decision makers whose work involves the study of ecosystems and ecology. This book is also recommended for use in graduate courses.

• development
• ecology
• ecosystem
• energy
• entropy

• Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Section for Environmental Chemistry, Copenhagen, Denmark

  Sven Erik Jørgensen

Prof. Sven Erik Jørgensen is one of the two distinguished ecologists to receive the 2004 Stockholm Water Prize for Outstanding Contributions for the World's Lakes and Wetlands, "for their pioneering development and global dissemination of ecological models of lakes and wetlands, widely applied as effective tools in sustainable water resource management". The full text of the release plus photos and background can be found at http: www.siwi.org or http://www.siwi.org/press/presrel_04_SWP_Winner_Eng.htm

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