Method in Ecology - Strategies for Conservation [Peter Moore's copy]

Shrader-Frechette, K.S. & McCoy, E.D.

ISBN 10: 0521446937 / ISBN 13: 9780521446938

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1993

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Octavo, pp x, 328, paperback, a very good copy. From the library of Dr Peter Moore, with his label on the front cover. [In this volume, the authors discuss what practical contributions ecology can and can't make in applied science and environmental problem solving. In the first section, they discuss conceptual problems that have often prevented the formulation and evaluation of powerful, precise, general theories, explain why island biogeography is still beset with controversy and examine the ways in which science is value laden. In the second section, they describe how ecology can give us specific answers to practical environmental questions posed in individual case studies, and argue for a new way to look at scientific error. A case study using the Florida panther is examined in the light of these findings. They end by suggesting a bright future for the important, but relatively undeveloped task of applying ecology to practical environmental problem solving.].

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Method in Ecology - Strategies for Conservation [Peter Moore's copy]
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521446937
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521446938
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Ecology

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Synopsis

This book discusses the help ecology can and can't give in environmental problem solving.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this volume, the authors discuss what practical contributions ecology can and can't make in applied science and environmental problem solving. In the first section, they discuss conceptual problems that have often prevented the formulation and evaluation of powerful, precise, general theories, explain why island biogeography is still beset with controversy and examine the ways in which science is value laden. In the second section, they describe how ecology can give us specific answers to practical environmental questions posed in individual case studies, and argue for a new way to look at scientific error. A case study using the Florida panther is examined in the light of these findings. They end by suggesting a bright future for the important, but relatively undeveloped task of applying ecology to practical environmental problem solving.