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Author : Michael McNair Fuller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Chance, Determinism & Community Structure written by Michael McNair Fuller and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Mattausch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351529536
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Chance, Character, and Change written by John Mattausch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chance is real. Not only is it a cause of societal change, but we as individuals are chance-given characters who discover and build our character in chancy circumstances. Chance is also expressed as coincidence and contingency, expressions which have episodically been of undeniable historical importance. Mattausch asserts the conventional picture of societal change is incorrect. Societal change is not a linear succession with each phase of change replacing its predecessor. Instead, the process is one of accumulative change in which chance plays various roles. Chance, Character, and Change develops the idea of chance, situating it within the history of thought and social change. By focusing strictly on manifestations of chance and of luck that can be seen and explained, Mattausch is able to show how chance acts in the environment of evolution and the social practices that regulate the inheritance of knowledge and technology. This, in turn, steers societal change and how change itself occurs. Chance's role is often characterized as coincidence or contingency, and this automatically is seen as progressive or degenerate. However, Mattausch notes that accumulative change is potentially both progressive as well as decadent. Chance also plays a part in the social aspects of our world--customs, practices, cultures, societies, and politics. When we act, Mattausch argues, we do not distinguish between good and bad, but rather between determinism and chance; the latter is a test of character, not of free will. This theory is general in its assertions and application, and can be related to many areas of study from economic theory, to human behavior, to politics. The rich texture of the writing and vivid use of examples from daily life and the work of other major thinkers draw in the reader. The most striking aspect of this work is the author's writing style and the way he weaves together evidence, classic research, and contemporary thought. It is skillfu
Author : D. M. Newbery
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521839990
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (399 download)
Download or read book Dynamics of Tropical Communities written by D. M. Newbery and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-08 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1998 volume challenges the validity of the dynamic equilibrium concept for tropical forests.
Author : Daliang Ning
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889765253
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)
Download or read book Community Assembly Mechanisms Shaping Microbiome Spatial or Temporal Dynamics written by Daliang Ning and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-07-14 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Shipley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052111747X
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)
Download or read book From Plant Traits to Vegetation Structure written by Bill Shipley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how natural selection, combined with methods in statistical physics, can predict and explain the assembly of ecological communities.
Author : Thierry Gaudin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111982396X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (198 download)
Download or read book Chance, Calculation and Life written by Thierry Gaudin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chance, Calculation and Life brings together 16 original papers from the colloquium of the same name, organized by the International Cultural Center of Cerisy in 2019. From mathematics to the humanities and biology, there are many concepts and questions related to chance. What are the different types of chance? Does chance correspond to a lack of knowledge about the causes of events, or is there a truly intrinsic and irreducible chance? Does chance preside over our decisions? Does it govern evolution? Is it at the origin of life? What part do chance and necessity play in biology? This book answers these fundamental questions by bringing together the clear and richly documented contributions of mathematicians, physicists, biologists and philosophers who make this book an incomparable tool for work and reflection.
Author : Society for General Microbiology. Symposium
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521793025
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Community Structure and Co-operation in Biofilms written by Society for General Microbiology. Symposium and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-23 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of biofilm considers the close association of micro-organisms with each other at interfaces and is relevant to a variety of disciplines, including medicine, dentistry, bioremediation, biofouling, water technology, engineering and food science. Although the habitats studied differ widely, some common elements exist such as method of attachment, coadhesion and regulation of biofilm phenotype and architecture. This book aims to distil the common principles of biofilm physiology and growth for all interested disciplines.
Author : Ian Hacking
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521388849
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (888 download)
Download or read book The Taming of Chance written by Ian Hacking and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-08-31 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines detailed scientific historical research with characteristic philosophic breadth and verve.
Author : John A. Wiens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521426343
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)
Download or read book The Ecology of Bird Communities written by John A. Wiens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two volumes of John Wiens' Ecology of Bird Communities, first published in 1992, are recognised as having applications and importance beyond the study of birds to the wider study of ecology in general. The books contain a detailed synthesis of our understanding of the patterns of organisation of bird communities and of the factors that may determine them, drawing from studies from all over the world. The author, however, does more than simply review findings in bird community ecology. By emphasizing how proper logic and methods have or have not been followed and how different viewpoints have developed historically and have led to controversy, he extends the scope of these books far beyond the study of birds. Volume 1 Foundations and Patterns explores why avian community ecologists ask the questions they do and what philosophical and methodological approaches they have used to answer such questions. Most of the book is devoted to a critical evaluation of what is known about the nature and organisation of bird communities.
Author : Thomas G. Hallam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642698883
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (426 download)
Download or read book Mathematical Ecology written by Thomas G. Hallam and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There isprobably no more appropriate location to hold a course on mathematical ecology than Italy, the countryofVito Volterra, a founding father ofthe subject. The Trieste 1982Autumn Course on Mathematical Ecology consisted of four weeksofvery concentrated scholasticism and aestheticism. The first weeks were devoted to fundamentals and principles ofmathematicalecology. A nucleusofthe material from the lectures presented during this period constitutes this book. The final week and a half of the Course was apportioned to the Trieste Research Conference on Mathematical Ecology whose proceedings have been published as Volume 54, Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, Springer-Verlag. The objectivesofthe first portionofthe course wereambitious and, probably, unattainable. Basic principles of the areas of physiological, population, com munitY, and ecosystem ecology that have solid ecological and mathematical foundations were to be presented. Classical terminology was to be introduced, important fundamental topics were to be developed, some past and some current problems of interest were to be presented, and directions for possible research were to be provided. Due to time constraints, the coverage could not be encyclopedic;many areas covered already have merited treatises of book length. Consequently, preliminary foundation material was covered in some detail, but subject overviewsand area syntheseswerepresented when research frontiers were being discussed. These lecture notes reflect this course philosophy.
Author : R. Putnam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780412544903
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (449 download)
Download or read book Community Ecology written by R. Putnam and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1993-09-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chapter 1 establishes the context of such a search for pattern, presenting essential definitions and exploring early work on community structure and organization. The various biotic and abiotic factors which may influence communities and their dynamics are reviewed in Chapter 2, while the way in which the interrelationships between organisms are structured within the community in food webs or in the partitioning of available resources are considered in separate chapters on food webs, niche relationships and species guilds. Later chapters explore the factors determining the assembly of communities, species composition and pattern of relative abundance and the relative roles of deterministic and stochastic processes in determining community structure. The concluding section explores the implications of observed patterns of structure and organization for stability. The mathematical analyses which are an essential component of this topic are included only where essential for understanding and are presented in special box features. Each mathematical section has been carefully structured and fully explained in biological terms. Community Ecology presents a refreshingly readable course text for advanced undergraduates in ecology."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Herman A. Verhoef
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199228973
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Community Ecology written by Herman A. Verhoef and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community ecology is the study of the interactions between populations of co-existing species. Co-edited by two prominent community ecologists and featuring contributions from top researchers in the field, this book provides a survey of the state-of-the-art in both the theory and applications of the discipline. It pays special attention to topology, dynamics, and the importance of spatial and temporal scale while also looking at applications to emerging problems in human-dominated ecosystems (including the restoration and reconstruction of viable communities). Community Ecology: Processes, Models, and Applications adopts a mainly theoretical approach and focuses on the use of network-based theory, which remains little explored in standard community ecology textbooks. The book includes discussion of the effects of biotic invasions on natural communities; the linking of ecological network structure to empirically measured community properties and dynamics; the effects of evolution on community patterns and processes; and the integration of fundamental interactions into ecological networks. A final chapter indicates future research directions for the discipline.
Author : Brian A. Maurer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226511337
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Untangling Ecological Complexity written by Brian A. Maurer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1999-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AcknowledgmentsCh. 1: Of Entangled Banks and Humble Bees Ch. 2: From Micro to Macro and Back Again Ch. 3: Communities on Small Spatial and Temporal Scales Ch. 4: Communities as Linear Systems Ch. 5: Communities as Nonlinear Systems Ch. 6: Macroecology: Expanding the Spatial Scale of Community Ecology Ch. 7: Geographic Range Structure: Niches Written in Space Ch. 8: Geographic Assembly of Local Communities Ch. 9: The Evolution of Species Diversity at the Macroscale Ch. 10: The Macroscopic Perspective and the Future of Ecology Literature Cited Index Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : David Rubinstein
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761919285
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Culture, Structure and Agency written by David Rubinstein and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses two key issues in sociological theory: the debate between structural and cultural approaches and the problem of agency. It does this through looking at the work of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim and the ideas of modern theorists like Pierre Bourdieu, Anthony Giddens, and Talcott Parsons. The book examines economics, rational choice theory, network theory, ethnomethodology, and symbolic interactionism.
Author : Ted J. Case
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520047990
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (479 download)
Download or read book Island Biogeography in the Sea of Cortéz written by Ted J. Case and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger Sibeon
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761950691
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Rethinking Social Theory written by Roger Sibeon and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-03-27 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies and explores unresolved controversies and ambiguities in present day sociological theorizing.
Author : Abadir M. Ibrahim
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319183834
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)
Download or read book The Role of Civil Society in Africa’s Quest for Democratization written by Abadir M. Ibrahim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tests many of the assumptions, hypotheses, and conclusions connected with the presumed role of civil society organizations in the democratization of African countries. Taking a comparative approach, it looks at countries that have successfully democratized, those that are stuck between progress and regression, those that have regressed into dictatorship, and those that are currently in transitional flux and evaluates what role, if any, civil society has played in each instance. The countries discussed—South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt and Tunisia—represent a diverse set of social and political circumstances and different levels of democratic achievement, providing a rich set of case studies. Each sample state also offers an internal comparison, as each has historically experienced different stages of democratization. Along the course of each case study, the book also considers the effect that other traditionally studied factors, such as culture, colonization, economic development and foreign aid, may have had on individual attempts at democratization. The first extensive work on civil society and democratization in Africa, the book adds new insights to the applicability of democratization theory in a non-Western context, both filling a gap in and adding to the existing universal scholarship. This book will be useful for scholars of political science, economics, sociology and African studies, as well as human rights activists and policy makers in the relevant geographical areas.
