Laws, Theories, and Patterns in Ecology
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abiotic components
Author_WALTER DODDS
biodiversity
biology
biomass
biophysical environment
biotic components
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competition
cooperation
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ecological theories
ecology
ecosystems
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generalizations
global theories of everything
laws
metabolic theory
natural world
nature
neutral theory
organism interactions
phenomenon
populations of organisms
predictive ability
science
scientific laws
scientific practices
theoretical
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- ISBN 9780520260412
- Weight: 318g
- Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 05 Aug 2009
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Physics and chemistry are distinguished from biology by the way generalizations are codified into theories tested by observation and experimentation. Some theories have been sufficiently tested to qualify as laws. In ecology, generalizations worthy of being called theories are less common because observations and experimentation are difficult and exceptions are more common. In this book, Walter K. Dodds enumerates generalizations in ecology. Introductory material describes how the practice of science, in general, and ecology specifically, yields theories and laws. Dodds also discusses why such ideas are only useful if they have predictive ability, and delineates the scope of these generalizations and the constraints that limit their application. The result is a short book that delves deeply into important ecological ideas and how they predict and provide understanding.
Walter K. Dodds is Professor of Biology at Kansas State University and the author of Freshwater Ecology and Humanity's Footprint.
