A New Ecology: Systems Perspective

by Sven Erik Jørgensen

A New Ecology presents an ecosystem theory based on the following ecosystem properties: physical openness, ontic openness, directionality, connectivity, a complex dynamic for growth and development, and a complex dynamic response to disturbances. Each of these properties is developed in detail to show that these basic and characteristic properties can be applied to explain a wide spectrum of ecological obsevations and convections. It is also shown...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444531602
• ISBN13: 9780444531605
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.6"