author = { Jopp, Fred Reuter, Hauke AND Breckling, Broder },

title = { Modelling Complex Ecological Dynamics An Introduction into Ecological Modelling for Students, Teachers & Scientists },

publisher = {Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg},

isbn = {9783642050299},

keywords = { Life sciences , Ecology , Landscape ecology , Conservation biology , Life Sciences , Mathematical models , Case studies , Ökologie , Mathematisches Modell },

year = {2011},

abstract = {Description based upon print version of record},

abstract = {""Modelling Complex Ecological Dynamics""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Part I: Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Backgrounds and Scope of Ecological Modelling: Between Intellectual Adventure and Scientific Routine""; ""1.1 Getting Started: Motivations for Ecological Modelling""; ""1.2 Simplicity and Formal Representations: Appetisers to Model Complex Ecological Dynamics""; ""One Formal Step into the Kingdom of Chaos""; ""Complexity in a Simplistic Ecosystem Model""; ""Regular Random and Organic Forms""; ""Structure Can Be Created by Blind Random Processes""},

abstract = {""1.3 Getting on: Diversity of Approaches in Ecological Modelling""""Chapter 2: What Are the General Conditions Under Which Ecological Models Can be Applied?""; ""2.1 Models as Instruments of System Analysis""; ""2.2 Model Creation Should Be Carried Out in a Systems-Analytical Procedure""; ""Models Require a Clear and Precise Specification of the Focus of Investigation""; ""Models Need Intelligently Chosen Criteria for the Distinction of Important and Unimportant Aspects""; ""2.3 The Modelling Potential: What Can Models Help to Do?""},

abstract = {""Models Can Help to Analyse the Results of Empirical Investigations or a Theoretical Problem that Is Not Accessible Through Stat""""Models Can Help to Understand Emergent Properties (Emergent Phenomena)""; ""Models Can Clarify Interaction Implications Between Different Levels of Organization and Can Help to Understand Level-Crossing ""; ""Models Can Illustrate Iterative and Feedback Processes""; ""Models Can Facilitate an Understanding of Multi-Scale Problems in Ecology""; ""Models Can Support Decision Making Processes""; ""2.4 The Limitations: What Models Cannot Do""},

abstract = {""Limits in Predictability""""Models Cannot Function Without a Precise Question or Hypothesis and an Appropriate Underlying Theoretical Framework""; ""Models Cannot Function Without a Data Base for Model Development and Testing""; ""Models Have to Be Treated Skeptically When They Are Applied Outside the Validation Regimes""; ""Models Rarely Produce Reliable Prognoses, but Can Be Used in Scenarios""; ""Chapter 3: Historical Background of Ecological Modelling and Its Importance for Modern Ecology""; ""3.1 A Historical Journey: Mainstream and Sidelines of Model Development in Ecology""},

abstract = {""3.2 Ancestors of Ecological Modelling""""Modelling as Derived from Physics: Ecology as Derived from Natural History""; ""Malthus: Basic Ideas in Population Science""; ""Verhulst: Early Functional Generalizations""; ""3.3 Founders of Ecological Modelling""; ""Lotka and Volterra: Setting the Stage for Network Approaches""; ""von Bertalanffy: System Theoretic Foundation and Generalization""; ""Lindeman, EP and HT Odum, Waddington: Modelling and Ecological Application""; ""Forrester, Meadows, Patten, Joergensen: Ecological Systems and Interdisciplinary Linkages""},

abstract = {""3.4 Diversification and Diversifiers""},

booktitle = {SpringerLink ; Bücher},

address = { Berlin, Heidelberg },

url = { http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2 }