كتاب
Observation and ecology: broadening the scope of science to understand a complex world
| العنوان: | Observation and ecology: broadening the scope of science to understand a complex world |
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| المؤلفون: | Sagarin, Rafe. |
| المساهمون: | Pauchard, Aníbal. |
| بيانات النشر: | Washington : Island Press, c2012. |
| سنة النشر: | 2012 |
| وصف مادي: | xiv, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Ecology -- Methodology., Ecology -- Research., Ecology -- Study and teaching., Observation (Scientific method), Nature observation., Biocomplexity. |
| الوصف: | The need to understand and address large-scale environmental problems that are difficult to study in controlled environments - issues ranging from climate change to overfishing to invasive species - is driving the field of ecology in new and important directions. This book documents that transformation. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | pt. I. The role of observation in ecological science : An observational approach to ecology ; Observational approaches in historical context -- pt. II. Using observations in ecology : Using all the senses in ecology ; Using technology to expand our observational senses ; Local, traditional, and accidental ecological observers and observations -- pt. III. The challenges posed by an observational approach : Dealing with too many observations, and too few ; Is observation-based ecology scientific? -- pt. IV. Beyond academia: the power of observational approaches : Ecology's renewed importance in policy ; Opening nature's door to a new generation of citizens and ecologists -- Conclusions. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn767565949 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-1-59726-825-7 978-1-59726-826-4 1-59726-825-9 1-59726-826-7 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-197) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.013610630.7 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
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