Big Ecology: The Emergence of Ecosystem Science - Couverture rigide

Coleman, David C.

 
9780520264755: Big Ecology: The Emergence of Ecosystem Science
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ISBN 10 : 0520264754 ISBN 13 : 9780520264755
Editeur : University of California Press, 2010

Synopsis

In Big Ecology, David C. Coleman documents his historically fruitful ecological collaborations in the early years of studying large ecosystems in the United States. As Coleman explains, the concept of the ecosystem--a local biological community and its interactions with its environment--has given rise to many institutions and research programs, like the National Science Foundation's program for Long Term Ecological Research. Coleman's insider account of this important and fascinating trend toward big science takes us from the paradigm of collaborative interdisciplinary research, starting with the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957, through the International Biological Program (IBP) of the late 1960s and early 1970s, to the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) programs of the 1980s.

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À propos de l'auteur

David C. Coleman is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus in the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Fundamentals of Soil Ecology as well as many other books and articles.

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520264754
ISBN 13 
9780520264755
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
248
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