Big ecology : the emergence of ecosystem science / David C. Coleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, David C., 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotic communities--Research.

Biotic communities.

Ecosystem management--Research.

Ecosystem management.

Ecology--Research.

Ecology.

Interdisciplinary research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Big Ecology, David C. Coleman documents his historically fruitful ecological collaborations in the early years of studying large ecosystems in the United States. As Coleman explains, the concept of the ecosystem-a local biological community and its interactions with its environment-has given rise to many institutions and research programs, like the National Science Foundation's program for Long Term Ecological Research. Coleman's insider account of this important and fascinating trend toward big science takes us from the paradigm of collaborative interdisciplinary research, starting with the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957, through the International Biological Program (IBP) of the late 1960's and early 1970's, to the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) programs of the 1980's.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER ONE. Intellectual Antecedents to Large-Scale Ecosystem Studies

CHAPTER TWO. How the International Biological Program Swept the Scientific World

CHAPTER THREE. The Origin and Evolution of the Long-Term Ecological Research Program

CHAPTER FOUR. The Future of Big Ecology: IGBP, AmeriFlux, NEON, and Other Major Initiatives

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612697678

9781282697676

1282697676

9780520945739

0520945735

OCLC:

659590761