Ecology, the Ascendent Perspective |
|
| Author:
| Ulanowicz, Robert |
| Series title: | Complexity in Ecological Systems Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-10829-4 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1997 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
|
Providing an entirely fresh view of the origins of organization in living systems, this book mounts a powerful challenge to prevailing mechanistic paradigms of ecology. Current work in information theory, ecosystem energetics, and complexity theory combines in a theoretical and empirical toolkit that is better able to measure the developmental status of any living community, and to provide more effective means of ensuring its health.
Providing an entirely fresh view of the origins of organization in living systems, this book mounts a powerful challenge to prevailing mechanistic paradigms of ecology. Current work in information theory, ecosystem energetics, and complexity theory combines in a theoretical and empirical toolkit that is better able to measure the developmental status of any living community, and to provide more effective means of ensuring its health.