Toward a Unified Ecology

Complexity in Ecological Systems

by Timothy F.H. Allen, Thomas W. Hoekstra

Offers the best general summary of the field, with a view toward fostering common disciplinary goals. Allen and Hoekstra begin with hierarchy theory as a basic premise and explain that the conventional 'levels' (ecosystems, landscapes, communities, populations, organisms) are not levels in themselves but criteria for observation.

Genres: Ecology

384 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1992