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Ecology is a large and growing scientific field.
Ideas central to ecology, such as networks,
complexity, and material and energy flow, touch
many areas today ranging from biodiversity to
conservation to economics to society. Ecological
systems have a long track record of achieving robust,
adaptive, and durable patterns of organization in the
face of varied and changing conditions. Studying and
understanding these is a fascinating scientific
discipline, but they also present needed guidance for
human institutions. The lessons to be learned from
ecology form the foundation for the interdisciplinary
knowledge required for the challenges that realizing
sustainability necessitates. This encyclopedia
provides the most comprehensive review of the
state-of-the-art in ecology and will be a valuable
resource to researchers, teachers, students,
environmental managers and planners, engineers,
and economists.
The Encyclopedia of Ecology contains contributions
from international experts on a diverse array of topics
related to ecology. It provides current and
comprehensive information on many themes,
including behavioral ecology, ecological processes,
ecological modeling, ecological engineering,
ecological indicators, ecological informatics,
ecosystems, ecotoxicology, evolutionary ecology,
general ecology, global ecology, human ecology, and
systems ecology.
We hope that you will find the Encyclopedia both
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