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The balance of nature? : ecological issues in the conservation of species and communities
| 責任表示 | Stuart L. Pimm |
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| データ種別 | 図書 |
| 出版情報 | Chicago : University of Chicago Press , c1991 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | xiii, 434 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
| 概要 | Ecologists, although they acknowledge the problems involved, generally conduct their research on too few species, in too small an area, over too short a period of time. In The Balance of Nature?, a wo...k sure to stir controversy, the distinguished theoretical ecologist Stuart L. Pimm argues that ecology therefore fails in many ways to address the enormous ecological problems now facing our planet. Ecologists describing phenomena on larger scales often use terms like "stability," "balance of nature," and "fragility," and Pimm begins by considering the various specific meanings of these terms. He addresses five kinds of ecological stability--stability in the strict sense, resilience, variability, persistence, and resistance--and shows how they provide ways of comparing natural populations and communities as well as theories about them. Each type of stability depends on characteristics of the species studied and also on the structure of the food web in which the species is embedded and the physical features of the environment. The Balance of Nature? provides theoretical ecology with a rich array of questions--questions that also underpin pressing problems in practical conservation biology. Pimm calls for nothing less than new approaches to ecology and a new alliance between theoretical and empirical studies. Ecologists, although they acknowledge the problems involved, generally conduct their research on too few species, in too small an area, over too short a period of time. In The Balance of Nature?, a work sure to stir controversy, the distinguished theoretical ecologist Stuart L. Pimm argues that ecology therefore fails in many ways to address the enormous ecological problems now facing our planet. Ecologists describing phenomena on larger scales often use terms like "stability," "balance of nature," and "fragility," and Pimm begins by considering the various specific meanings of these terms. He addresses five kinds of ecological stability--stability in the strict sense, resilience, variability, persistence, and resistance--and shows how they provide ways of comparing natural populations and communities as well as theories about them. Each type of stability depends on characteristics of the species studied and also on the structure of the food web in which the species is embedded and the physical features of the environment. The Balance of Nature? provides theoretical ecology with a rich array of questions--questions that also underpin pressing problems in practical conservation biology. Pimm calls for nothing less than new approaches to ecology and a new alliance between theoretical and empirical studies. 続きを見る |
所蔵情報
| 状態 | 巻次 | 所蔵場所 | 請求記号 | 刷年 | 文庫名称 | 資料番号 | コメント | 予約・取寄 | 複写申込 | 自動書庫 |
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理 生物 数理生物 | 468.4/P 65 | 1991 |
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068222192004742 |
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書誌詳細
| 一般注記 | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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| 著者標目 | Pimm, Stuart L. (Stuart Leonard) |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Biotic communities LCSH:Ecology LCSH:Biological diversity conservation LCSH:Species diversity |
| 分 類 | LCC:QH541 DC20:574.5/247 NDC8:468.4 |
| 書誌ID | 1001000653 |
| ISBN | 0226668290 |
| NCID | BA1360685X |
| 巻冊次 | ISBN:0226668290 : pbk ; ISBN:0226668304 |
| 登録日 | 2009.09.16 |
| 更新日 | 2009.09.16 |