ABSTRACT

As part of the Environmental and Ecological Modeling Handbooks series, the Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management provides a comprehensive overview of ecosystem theory and the tools - ecological engineering, ecological modeling, ecotoxicology and ecological economics -to manage these systems.
The book is laid out to provide a summary or

part |2 pages

Section I: Fundamental and Empirical Foundations

chapter I|16 pages

1: Ecosystems as Complex Systems

chapter I|12 pages

2: Ecosystem Structure

chapter I|18 pages

3: Ecosystems as Functional Entities

chapter I|14 pages

6.1: Ecosystem Research

part |2 pages

Section II: Different Approaches in Recent Ecosystem Theory

chapter II|22 pages

2.2: Emergent Properties of Ecosystems

chapter II|32 pages

3: Ecosystems as Information Systems

chapter II|16 pages

4: Ecosystems as Cybernetic Systems

chapter II|16 pages

5: Ecosystems as Hierarchical Systems

chapter II|22 pages

6: Ecosystems as Energetic Systems

chapter II|28 pages

7.2: Ecosystems as Dynamic Networks

chapter II|24 pages

8.1: Stability Concepts in Ecology

chapter II|10 pages

8.2: Resilience in Ecological Systems

chapter II|16 pages

8.4: Ecosystems as Chaotic Systems

chapter II|10 pages

10: Towards a Unifying Theory

chapter III|12 pages

1.1: Conservation Biology

chapter III|10 pages

1.5: Ecological Engineering