David C. Coleman

Big Ecology

The Emergence of Ecosystem Science

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In Big Ecology, David C. Coleman documents his historically fruitful ecological collaborations in the early years of studying large ecosystems in the United States. As Coleman explains, the concept of the ecosystem-a local biological community and its interactions with its environment-has given rise to many institutions and research programs, like the National Science Foundation's program for Long Term Ecological Research. Coleman's insider account of this important and fascinating trend toward big science takes us from the paradigm of collaborative interdisciplinary research, starting with the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957, th… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-520-94573-9
EAN: 9780520945739
Produktnummer: 21979444
Verlag: Vanderbilt University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 248 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 3'030 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

David C. Coleman is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus in the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Fundamentals of Soil Ecology as well as many other books and articles.