Self-Organization in Complex Ecosystems
Sole, Ricard and Jordi Bascompte
Language: English
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 2006
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The book has been covered in contact and there is an ownership signature on the front end paper and front paste down, else clean,solid and unmarked. xiv, 371 pages indexed. No 42 in Monographs in Population Biology edited by Simon A Levin and Henry S. Horn. " Can physics be an appropriate framework for the understanding of ecological science? Most ecologists would probably agree that there is little relation between the complexity of natural ecosystems and the simplicity of any example derived from Newtonian physics. Though ecologists have long been interested in concepts originally developed by statistical physicists and later applied to explain everything from why stock markets crash to why rivers develop particular branching patterns, applying such concepts to ecosystems has remained a challenge. Self-Organization in Complex Ecosystems is the first book to clearly synthesize what we have learned about the usefulness of tools from statistical physics in ecology. Ricard Sole and Jordi Bascompte provide a comprehensive introduction to complex systems theory, and ask: do universal laws shape the structure of ecosystems, at least at some scales? They offer the most compelling array of theoretical evidence to date of the potential of nonlinear ecological interactions to generate nonrandom, self-organized patterns at all levels.Tackling classic ecological questions--from population dynamics to biodiversity to macroevolution--the book's novel presentation of theories and data shows the power of statistical physics and complexity in ecology. Self-Organization in Complex Ecosystems will be a staple resource for years to come for ecologists interested in complex systems theory as well as mathematicians and physicists interested in ecology." (back cover) CONTENTS: Complexity in ecological systems Nonlinear dynamics Spatial self-organization: from pattern to process Scaling and fractals in ecology Habitat loss and extinction thresholds Complex ecosystems: from species to networks Complexity in macroevolution.…
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- Title
- Self-Organization in Complex Ecosystems
- Author
- Sole, Ricard and Jordi Bascompte
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0691070407
- ISBN 13
- 9780691070407
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Series
- Book 10 of 64: Monographs in Population Biology
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- Environmental Science
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