A common assumption historically in ecology is evident in the term" balance of nature." The
phrase usually implies that undisturbed nature is ordered and harmonius, and that …

All ecological disciplines consider temporal dynamics, although relevant concepts have
been developed almost independently. We here introduce basic principles of temporal …

This ground-breaking book makes the case for adopting a realist philosophical perspective
for qualitative research. Joseph Maxwell argues for critically applying a realist ontology to a …

Although complexity surrounds us, its inherent uncertainty, ambiguity, and contradiction can
at first make complex systems appear inscrutable. Ecosystems, for instance, are nonlinear …

The translators are indebted, first of all, to Niklas Luhmann for his help in clarifying difficult
passages and for his generous permission to translate freely when necessary …

Doll draws relationships among the ideas advanced in chaos theory, Piagetian
epistemology, cognitive theory, and the work of Dewey and Whitehead. In this book on the …

This important book addresses how long term and large scale shifts from one socio-
technical system to another come about, using insights from evolutionary economics …

Archeologists' dissatisfaction with Service's band‐tribe‐chiefdom‐state model of
sociocultural complexity has resulted in the epistemological reexamination of hierarchy, the …

We propose a conceptual and formal characterisation of biological organisation as a closure
of constraints. We first establish a distinction between two causal regimes at work in …

This is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of an authoritative introduction to ecological
modelling. Sven Erik Jørgensen, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ecological Modelling, and …