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Ecological Understanding (2nd edition)
the nature of theory and the theory of nature
鄭先祐 (Ayo)國立臺南大學 環境與生態學院生態科學與技術學系 教授環境生態 + 生態旅遊 ( 碩士班 )
Pickett, S. T. A., J. Kolasa, and C. G. Jones (2007)
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Contents
• Part I Advancing the discipline and enhancing applications– Chap.01 integration in
Ecology– Chap.02 understanding in
Ecology
• Part II the Nature of theory– Chap.03 the anatomy of
theory– Chap.04 the ontogeny of
theory– Chap.05 the taxonomy of
theory
• Part III from Theory to integration and application– Chap.06 fundamental questions:
changes in understanding– Chap.07 integration and
synthesis
• Part IV Theory and its environment– Chap.08 constraint and
objectivity in ecological integration
– Chap.09 ecological understanding and the public
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Chap.01 Integration in Ecology• Science is a map of reality
– Raymo, C. 1991. The virgin and the mousetrap: essays in search of the soul of science. Viking Press, New York.
• 兩個主題:1. There is a need for greater integration across the
diverse discipline of ecology.2. There is enhanced opportunity because new tools are
available for integration.
• Integration requires that we know what we understand, what we want to integrate, and how to achieve this.
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Fig.1.2 The Topic gradient of ecology
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