TY - BOOK TI - A new ecology: systems perspective SN - 9780444531605 (hbk.) U1 - 577 PY - 2007/// CY - Amsterdam, Boston PB - Elsevier KW - EcologĂ­a KW - Ecology KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Environnement KW - Homme KW - Influence sur la nature N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-272) and index; A New Ecology: Systems Perspective; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction: A New Ecology is Needed; Chapter 2. Ecosystems have Openness (thermodynamic); Chapter 3. Ecosystems have Ontic Openness; Chapter 4. Ecosystems have Directionality; Chapter 5. Ecosystems have Connectivity; Chapter 6. Ecosystems have Complex Dynamics (Growth and Development); Chapter 7. Ecosystems have Complex Dynamics -- Disturbance and Decay; Chapter 8. Ecosystem Principles have Broad Explanatory Power in Ecology; Chapter 9. Ecosystem Principles have Applications ER -