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Complex Ecology: Foundational Perspectives on Dynamic Approaches to Ecology and Conservation
From climate change to species extinction, humanity is confronted with an increasing array of societal and environmental challenges that defy simple quantifiable solutions. Complexity-based ecology provides a new paradigm for ecologists and conservationists keen to embrace the uncertainty that is pressed upon us. This book presents key research papers chosen by some sixty scholars from various continents, across a diverse span of sub-disciplines. The papers are set alongside first person commentary from many of the seminal voices involved, offering unprecedented access to experts' viewpoints. The works assembled also shed light on the process of science in general, showing how the shifting of wider perspectives allows for new ideas to take hold. Ideal for undergraduate and advanced students of ecology and conservation, their educators and those working across allied fields, this is the first book of its kind to focus on complexity-based approaches and provides a benchmark for future collected volumes.
- GenresBiology
578 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 31, 2018
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October 26, 2019
If you're up for an intellectual work-out, this is a fun one. It's not a beginner's book--it's written for people already familiar with certain ideas, technical terms and so forth. Having a PhD in something ecology-related would probably help (though I don't have one and I managed). But if you're the right kind of well-educated geek, if you can keep up, this book will blow your mind.
Which is a good argument for becoming a well-educated geek, in my opinion.
The book is a collection of papers chosen as examples of a certain thread within the scientific conversation. The editors also provide their own commentary on the papers, so that the whole effect is something like a collage--an arrangement of both pre-existing and original material that adds up to a new and distinct whole.
The ideas are challenging, but the text itself is very clear. In fact, some of the commentary is a definite pleasure to read. That's a rare trait in professional-level science books.
Which is a good argument for becoming a well-educated geek, in my opinion.
The book is a collection of papers chosen as examples of a certain thread within the scientific conversation. The editors also provide their own commentary on the papers, so that the whole effect is something like a collage--an arrangement of both pre-existing and original material that adds up to a new and distinct whole.
The ideas are challenging, but the text itself is very clear. In fact, some of the commentary is a definite pleasure to read. That's a rare trait in professional-level science books.
Displaying 1 of 1 review