Sven Erik Joergensen, Brian Fath,
Simone Bastianoni, Joao C. Marques,
Felix Mueller, S. Nors Nielsen,
Bernard C. Patten, Enzo Tiezzi,
and Robert E. Ulanowicz

Elsevier Press

Linacre House Jordan Hill
Oxford OX2 8DP
United Kingdom

2007/288pp./Cloth $150.00/ ISBN-13: 978-0-444-53160-5

A New Ecology presents an ecosystem theory based on the following ecosystem properties: physical openness, ontic openness, directionality, connectivity, a complex dynamic for growth and development, and a complex dynamic response to disturbances. Each of these properties is developed in detail to show that these basic and characteristic properties can be applied to explain a wide spectrum of ecological obsevations and convections. It is also shown that the properties have application for environmental management and for assessment of ecosystem health.

The authors demonstrate an ecosystem theory that can be applied to explain ecological observations and rules and discuss an ecosystem theory that is based on a few basic properties that are characteristic for ecosystems.

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