Models in ecosystem science

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Canham,Charles; Cary Conference,

Source:

Princeton University Press, Princeton (2003)

ISBN:

9780691092881

Keywords:

experts

Notes:

Models in Ecosystem Science

Increasingly, models are being called on to predict the effects of human actions on natural ecosystems.

Despite the widespread use of models, there exists intense debate within the field over a wide range of practical and philosophical issues pertaining to quantitative modeling.

This book, which grew out of a gathering of leading experts at the Cary Conference IX, explores those issues.

See Chapter: "The Role of Quantitative Models in Science" (Oreskes).