Ecological Paradigms Lost

<br>1. Why a History of Ecology: An Introduction<br>Beatrix E. Beisner and Kim Cuddington<br>Part I<br>POPULATION ECOLOGY<br>2. Unstructured Models in Ecology: Past, Present and Future <br>3.Unstructured population models: Do population-level assumptions yield general theory?<br>4. The “Structure” of Population Ecology: Philosophical Reflections on Unstructured and Structured Models<br><br>Part II<br>EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY<br>5. The Law of Mass Action in Epidemiology: A Historical Perspective <br>6. Extensions to Mass Action Mixing<br>7. Mass Action and System Analysis of Infection Transmission<br><br>Part III<br>COMMUNITY ECOLOGY<br>8. Community Diversity and Stability: Changing Perspectives and Changing Definitions <br>9. Perspectives on Diversity, Structure and Stability<br>10. Diversity and Stability: Theories, Models and Data<br><br>Part IV<br>EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY<br>11. On the Integration of Community Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Historical Perspectives and Current Prospects<br>12. Modeling the ecological context of evolutionary change: déjà vu or something new?<br>13. The Elusive Synthesis<br><br>Part V<br>ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY<br>14. The Loss of Narrative<br>15. Ecological Management: Control, Uncertainty and Understanding<br>16. Is Ecosystem Management a Postmodern Science?<br>Kevin de Laplante<br><br>Part VI<br>CONCLUSION<br>17. Kuhnian Paradigms Lost: Embracing the pluralism of ecological theory