The Background of Ecology; Concept and Theory
by McIntosh, Robert P
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- Hardcover
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- Small personal owner name (last name only) to front free endpaper else fine thus in a near fine(-) gently sunned jacket, witha f
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- 052124935X
- ISBN 13
- 9780521249355
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Hardcover. Small personal owner name (last name only) to front free endpaper else fine thus in a near fine(-) gently sunned jacket, witha few small fold creases to front flap. in near fine(-) dust-jacket. Small quarto in yellow jacket; xiii, 383 pages; 24 cm; indexes. "This is a critical and up-to-date review of the origins, development and current problems of the science of ecology, with emphasis on the major concepts and theories shared in the ecological traditions of plant and animal ecology, limnology, and oceanography." - Publisher. / Contents: Antecedents of ecology --; A transformed natural history --; What is ecology? --; Sources of ecology seen by biologists --; Sources of ecology seen by historians --; Who founded ecology? --; Self-conscious ecology --; The crystallization of ecology --; Nuclei for ecology --; Plant ecology, physiology, and plant geography --; Marine ecology --; Limnology --; Terrestrial animal ecology --; The institutionalization of ecology --; Dynamic ecology --; Early community and equilibrium concepts --; Dynamic plant ecology --; Animal community dynamics --; Aquatic communities --; Paleoecology --; Equilibrium --; Quantitative community ecology --; Biogeographical origins --; Marine biology --; Limnology --; Terrestrial plant ecology --; Problems of quantitative community ecology --; Population ecology --; Physiological ecology and population ecology --; Definition and antecedents of population ecology --; Population census and survey --; Theoretical population ecology --; Theoretical ecology, competition, and equilibrium --; Ecosystem ecology, systems ecology, and big biology --; Ecosystem ecology --; Systems ecology --; The International Biological Program --; Systems analysis --; Recent ecosystem ecology --; Theoretical approaches to ecology --; The revolution in theoretical ecology --; Ecologists as philosophers --; Ecological theory and evolution --; Community theory --; Ecological laws and principles --; Theoretical mathematical ecology --; Ecology and environment --; Ecology and the conservation movement --; Nature preserves and surveys --; Human ecology.
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- Title
- The Background of Ecology; Concept and Theory
- Author
- McIntosh, Robert P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Small personal owner name (last name only) to front free endpaper else fine thus in a near fine(-) gently sunned jacket, witha f
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 052124935X
- ISBN 13
- 9780521249355
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1985
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