Ecological Models

List of contents

Introduction; 1. What are ecological models?; 2. Testing ecological models; 3. How ecological models inform environmental policy and politics; Conclusion.

Summary

What are ecological models? How are they tested? How do ecological models inform environmental policy and politics? Through several case studies, we see how these representations which idealize and abstract can be used to explain and predict complicated ecological systems. Additionally, we see how they bear on environmental policy and politics.

Product details

• Authors: Jay Odenbaugh, Jay (Lewis and Clark College Odenbaugh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781108728690
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72869-0
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of; Elements in the Philosophy of Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History, PHILOSOPHY / General, HISTORY / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Ecological science, the Biosphere