Ecological Paradigms Lost

• 1. Why a History of Ecology: An IntroductionBeatrix E. Beisner and Kim CuddingtonPart IPOPULATION ECOLOGY2. Unstructured Models in Ecology: Past, Present and Future 3.Unstructured population models: Do population-level assumptions yield general theory?4. The “Structure” of Population Ecology: Philosophical Reflections on Unstructured and Structured ModelsPart IIEPIDEMIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY5. The Law of Mass Action in Epidemiology: A Historical Perspective 6. Extensions to Mass Action Mixing7. Mass Action and System Analysis of Infection TransmissionPart IIICOMMUNITY ECOLOGY8. Community Diversity and Stability: Changing Perspectives and Changing Definitions 9. Perspectives on Diversity, Structure and Stability10. Diversity and Stability: Theories, Models and DataPart IVEVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY11. On the Integration of Community Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Historical Perspectives and Current Prospects12. Modeling the ecological context of evolutionary change: déjà vu or something new?13. The Elusive SynthesisPart VECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY14. The Loss of Narrative15. Ecological Management: Control, Uncertainty and Understanding16. Is Ecosystem Management a Postmodern Science?Kevin de LaplantePart VICONCLUSION17. Kuhnian Paradigms Lost: Embracing the pluralism of ecological theory

"Finally, here is a book taking ecology seriously enough also to investigate it from a philosophy of science point of view, and in particular taking a Kuhnian entrance point as also indicated by the title...an exciting book and an interesting idea to view our science as Kuhn would have done...highly recommended." --Soren Nors Nielsen, Danmarks Farmaceutiske Universitet"Each section of Ecological Paradigms Lost certainly has something to offer the specialist." --Joseph Craine, Unviersity of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, in BIOSCIENCEThe editors of this volume commissioned papers by eminent ecologists, young and old, on theory development and cahnge in five subfields- population, epidemiological, community, evolutionary, and ecosystem ecology- and papers from philosophers of science commenting on the scientists' conclusions...a better perspective on ecology's past and, possibly, its future." --Thomas R. Dunlap, Texas A&M University, Department of History, in ECOLOGY