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Choosing Indicators of Ecosystem Integrity: Wetlands as a Model System
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Keddy, Paul A. Lee, Harold T. Wisheu, Irene C. |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | Defining ecosystem integrity and choosing indicators for it would be a relatively simple task if the science of ecology was able to provide us with simple, rigorous models for describing and predicting these states of ecosystems. Unfortunately, a major problem in modem ecology is that we do not know which state variables are important and which ones are not (Rigler 1982, Peters 1991). Neither do we have simple quantitative models to describe relationships among these state variables. Lewontin (1974) calls this the “agony of community ecology.” Determining the important state variables and describing the quantitative relationships among them is a key step for escaping many of the sterile controversies which detract from progress in ecology (Keddy 1987). In contrast, in assessing human health, we already know that some state variables, like height and hair colour, are unimportant in assessing state of health whereas others, like blood pressure and heart rate, are important and diagnostic. Book Name: Ecological Integrity and the Management of Ecosystems |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2006-0-09292-1&isbn=9781003070542&doi=10.1201/9781003070542-5&format=pdf |
| Ending Page | 79 |
| Page Count | 19 |
| Starting Page | 61 |
| DOI | 10.1201/9781003070542-5 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2020-08-26 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Ecological Integrity and the Management of Ecosystems History and Philosophy of Science Models Blood Pressure Ecology Ecosystem State Variables Simple Know Choosing |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
