Ecology, the Ascendent Perspective

by Robert E. Ulanowicz

Book Overview

Ecology, Ulanowicz argues, needs a more robust central paradigm, and this book presents one derived from current work in information theory, ecosystem energetics, and complexity theory; the result is a theoretical and empirical tool kit better able to measure the developmental status of any living community.

Ranging widely to explore critical issues in the history of science--order, causality, progress, laws--Ulanowicz sets forth a coherent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023110829X
• ISBN13: 9780231108294
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher