Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management

Many different ecological theories have emerged in the literature in the last two decades. The Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management offers a comparison of most of these viewpoints providing a basis for a more complete understanding of ecosystems. Organized into three sections, the Handbook provides discussion of ecosystem properties and tools to study ecosystems, a wide spectrum of different theoretical approaches in system ecology, and, in the concluding section, an overview of direct and indirect application of ecosystem theory and its contribution to environmental practice. The Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management covers a broad range of different concepts in ecosystem theory providing a useful resource for environmental managers and system ecologists who want ready access to knowledge about ecosystems. Book jacket.