Philosophy of ecology [electronic resource] / edited by Kevin deLaplante, Bryson Brown, Kent A. Peacock.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Other Authors: deLaplante, Kevin, Brown, Bryson, Peacock, Kent A., 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Kidlington, Oxford, UK ; Waltham, MA : North Holland, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Handbook of the philosophy of science ; v. 11.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Philosophy of Ecology; Copyright Page; General Preface; Preface; Contributors; Contents; Introduction; Philosophy of Ecology Today; Part 1: Philosophical Issues in the History and Science of Ecology; Origins and Development of Ecology; The Legend of Order and Chaos: Communities and Early Community Ecology; Philosophical Themes in the Work of Robert H. Macarthur; Embodied Realism and Invasive Species; A Case Study in Concept Determination: Ecological Diversity; The Biodiversity-ecosystem Function Debate in Ecology; A Dynamical Approach to Ecosystem Identity.