Ecological paradigms lost : routes of theory change /

Ecological paradigms lost : routes of theory change / [editors] Kim Cuddington, Beatrix E. Beisner.

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A new perspective on some of the major theoretical threads in ecology.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Cuddington, Kim, Beisner, Beatrix E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2005.
Series:Theoretical ecology series.
Subjects:
Ecology > History.
Ecology > Philosophy.
Ecology
Ecology > Philosophy
History
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • PREFACE
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  • 1: WHY A HISTORY OF ECOLOGY? AN INTRODUCTION
  • REFERENCES
  • PART I: POPULATION ECOLOGY
  • 2: UNSTRUCTURED MODELS IN ECOLOGY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
  • 2.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2.2 THE BASIC (DETERMINISTIC) UNSTRUCTURED MODELS
  • 2.3 SINGLE SPECIES
  • 2.4 TWO SPECIES
  • 2.5 MORE THAN TWO SPECIES
  • 2.6 TIME SERIES AND MODEL FITTING
  • 2.7 THE FUTURE OF UNSTRUCTURED MODELS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • 3: UNSTRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS: DO POPULATION-LEVEL ASSUMPTIONS YIELD GENERAL THEORY?
  • 3.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 3.2 CORE THEORY OR LIMITING CASE?
  • 3.3 DERIVING GENERAL POPULATION MODELS: STARTING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL
  • 3.4 THREE CASE STUDIES
  • 3.5 AN APPROPRIATE MODELLING FRAMEWORK: PHYSIOLOGICALLY STRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS
  • 3.6 ON TESTABILITY
  • 3.7 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • 4: THE "STRUCTURE" OF POPULATION ECOLOGY: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON UNSTRUCTURED AND STRUCTURED MODELS
  • 4.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 4.2 MODELS, MODELS, AND MORE MODELS
  • 4.3 REVISITING MODELLING TRADE-OFFS
  • 4.4 GENERALITY?
  • 4.5 REDUCTIONISM REDUX
  • 4.6 STRUCTURAL PLURALISM
  • 4.7 CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • PART II: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY
  • 5: THE LAW OF MASS-ACTION IN EPIDEMIOLOGY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
  • 5.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 5.2 CATO MAXIMILIAN GULDBERG AND PETER WAAGE
  • 5.3 WILLIAM HEATON HAMER
  • 5.4 RONALD ROSS AND ANDERSON McKENDRICK
  • 5.5 HERBERT EDWARD SOPER
  • 5.6 A SCIENCE TAKING FLIGHT
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • 6: EXTENSIONS TO MASS-ACTION MIXING
  • 6.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 6.2 FUNCTIONAL FORMS
  • 6.3 METAPOPULATION MODELS
  • 6.4 CELLULAR AUTOMATA
  • 6.5 NETWORK MODELS
  • 6.6 ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: POWER-LAW EXPONENTS
  • 6.7 ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: PAIR-WISE MODELS
  • 6.8: ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS: MOMENT CLOSURE
  • 6.9: CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • 7: MASS-ACTION AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION
  • 7.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 7.2 MODEL FORMS AS PARADIGMS FOR THEORY CHANGE
  • 7.3 ROBUSTNESS ASSESSMENT
  • 7.4 ADVANCING A SCIENCE OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ANALYSIS
  • REFERENCES
  • PART III: COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
  • 8: COMMUNITY DIVERSITY AND STABILITY: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES AND CHANGING DEFINITIONS
  • 8.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 8.2 HISTORY
  • 8.3 MULTIPLE TYPES OF STABILITY IN A MODEL ECOSYSTEM
  • 8.4 TESTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIVERSITY AND STABILITY
  • 8.5 SUGGESTIONS FOR SPECIFIC "TESTS"
  • 8.6 SUMMARY
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • 9: PERSPECTIVES ON DIVERSITY, STRUCTURE, AND STABILITY
  • 9.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 9.2 A BRIEF HISTORY OF DIVERSITY AND STABILITY
  • REFERENCES
  • 10: DIVERSITY AND STABILITY: THEORIES.

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