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Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern

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Authors:
  1. Sven Erik Jørgensen

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

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Part of the book series: Ecology & Environment (ECOLEN, volume 3)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Recent Trends in Science

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 1-11

  3. Do we Need a New, Holistic Ecology?

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 13-46

  4. Models in Ecology

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 47-74

  5. Energy and Ecology

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 75-96

  6. Entropy and Ecology

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 97-129

  7. Exergy and Ecology

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 131-174

  8. Network and Hierarchical Concepts of Ecosystems

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 175-191

  9. Utility Theory, Indirect Effect and Ascendancy

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 193-221

  10. Catastrophe Theory and Ecology

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 223-246

  11. Chaos, Fractals and Ecology

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 247-264

  12. Ecosystem Health

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 265-280

  13. Development of Ecosystems

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 281-294

  14. Dynamics of Ecosystems

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 295-325

  15. Goal Functions, Ecological Indicators and Orientators

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 327-341

  16. A Tentative Pattern of Ecosystem Theories

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 343-363

  17. Towards a Consistent Ecosystem Theory

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 365-396

  18. Epilogue

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 397-398

  19. Appendix 1

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 399-400

  20. References

    • Sven Erik Jørgensen
    Pages 401-418
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Keywords

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

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

    Sven Erik Jørgensen

About the author

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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern

  • Authors: Sven Erik Jørgensen

  • Series Title: Ecology & Environment

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0381-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0651-7Published: 31 August 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0755-2Published: 31 August 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0381-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0929-0281

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 420

  • Topics: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Physical Chemistry, Mathematical and Computational Biology

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