{"product_id":"effective-ecology-9781032322926","title":"Effective Ecology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEcology is one of the most challenging of sciences, with unambiguous knowledge much harder to achieve than it might seem. But it is also one of the most important sciences for the future health of our planet. It is vital that our efforts are as effective as possible at achieving our desired outcomes. This book is intended to help individual ecologists to develop a better vision for their ecology  and the way they can best contribute to science. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe central premise is that to advance ecology effectively as a discipline, ecologists need to be able to establish conclusive answers to key questions rather than merely proposing plausible explanations for mundane observations. Ecologists need clear and honest understanding of how we have come to do things the way we do them now, the limitations of our approaches, our goals for the future and how we may need to change our approaches if we are to maintain or enhance our relevance and credibility. Readers are taken through examples to \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Why a hard science needs strong critique 2. The evolution of ecology 3. What sort of a science is ecology? 4. Rigorous ecology needs rigorous statistics 5. Ecological scale and context dependence 6. Assembling the ecological puzzle 7. Respecting the known unknowns 8. Theory, prediction and application 9. From pattern to process in the search for generality 10. Effective ecology\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018974429527,"sku":"9781032322926","price":54.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032322926.jpg?v=1750778880","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/effective-ecology-9781032322926","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}