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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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