John Harte

Maximum Entropy and Ecology: A Theory of Abundance, Distribution, and Energetics

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Provides readers with the concepts and practical tools required to understand the maximum entropy principle, and apply it to an understanding of ecological patterns. The theory developed predicts realistic forms for all metrics of ecology that describe patterns in the distribution, abundance, and energetics of species.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-959341-5
EAN: 9780199593415
Produktnummer: 22670985
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 257 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.0 cm 558 g
Gewicht: 558

Über den Autor

John Harte is a Professor of Ecosystem Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Following undergraduate studies at Harvard and a doctoral degree in Physics from the University of Wisconsin, he was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at CERN, Geneva and an Assistant Professor of Physics at Yale. His research interests include climate-ecosystem interactions, theoretical ecology, and environmental policy. He is the recipient of a Pew Scholars Prize in Conservation andthe Environment, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the 2001 Leo Szilard prize from the American Physical Society, the 2004 UC Berkeley Graduate Mentorship Award, a Miller Professorship, and is a co-recipient of the 2006 George Polk award in journalism. He is an elected Fellow of the California Academy ofSciences and the American Physical Society. He has also served on six National Academy of Sciences Committees and has authored over 190 scientific publications, including seven books.