Unifying Concepts in Ecology | Report of the plenary sessions of the First international congress of ecology, The Hague, the Netherlands, September 8-14, 1974

R. H. Lowe-McConnell (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 9401019568 / ISBN 13: 9789401019569

Published by Springer Netherland, 2014

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Unifying Concepts in Ecology | Report of the plenary sessions of the First international congress of ecology, The Hague, the Netherlands, September 8-14, 1974 | R. H. Lowe-McConnell (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | ii | Englisch | 2014 | Springer Netherland | EAN 9789401019569 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Unifying Concepts in Ecology | Report of the plenary sessions of the First international congress of ecology, The Hague, the Netherlands, September 8-14, 1974
• Publisher: Springer Netherland
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9401019568
• ISBN 13: 9789401019569
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 17D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 449 grams
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Synopsis

The complexity of ecosystems forms perhaps the greatest challenge for natural science. Even the first step to comprehensive analysis, namely a survey of the participating species, often forms a major obstacle. This makes it understandable that ecologists try to abstract general principles from the interrelationships of the multitude of species for use in their efforts to investigate ecosystem dynamics. Such 'unifying concepts' were the main theme of the 'First International Congress of Ecology' organized in The Hague in September 1974 by the International Association of Ecology (INTECOL), under the auspices of the Division of Environmental Biology of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS). This book contains the papers presented at the plenary sessions of the Congress and a summary of the discussions engendered by them. At the Congress over 800 ecologists from many countries, representing diverse disciplines such as limnology, botany, zoology, microbiology, agriculture, met together for a week. The study of ecosystem dynamics depends on mutual understanding and close cooperation, and to stimulate an integrated approach a number of main speakers were invited to contribute papers on notions such as energy flow, productivity, diversity, stability and maturity from different points of view. These invited papers were presented at the morning plenary sessions, followed by discussions.