Concepts of Applied Ecology
This book represents the interests and attitudes, the information, and the philosophy that define my work and career as it has evolved over the years. Not written as a substitute for any of the many textbooks on ecology, it is meant to present the simples
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Heidelberg Science Library
Robert S. De Santo
Concepts of Applied Ecology
Springer-Verlag New York Heidelberg Berlin
Robert S. De Santo
Chief Ecologist De Leuw, Cather & Company 1201 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 USA
Cover photo: Shallow coastal marsh at high tide, North Atlantic. Barrier beach background, saltmarsh grass (Spartina alternifiora) foreground and saltmeadow grass (Spartina patens) near foreground. August. Nikon f = 55 mm Micro-NIKOR-P Auto. Ectachrome, 35 mm R.S.De Santo.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data De Santo, Robert S
Concepts of applied ecology. (Heidelberg science library) Includes bibliographies and index. 1. Ecology. I. Title. II. Series. QH541.D47 301.31 77-16051
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ISBN-l3:978-1-46l3-9434-1
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DOl: 1O.10071978-1-46l3-9432-7
To Polly, Pamela, Amanda, Pumpkin, Blacktoe, Dusty, and Gummy, my family for whom I write.
Preface
This book represents the interests and attitudes, the information, and the philosophy that define my work and career as it has evolved over the years. Not written as a substitute for any of the many textbooks on ecology, it is meant to present the simplest and most direct approach to a complex field as distilled out of my work as an applied ecologist, who deals with concrete daily problems in the real-world context of economics, politics, and logistics. I hope that it is useful to the reader who seeks an overview of applied ecology, including sufficient specific detail to make that reader more comfortable with the field and more conversant with the capabilities and limits of ecologists and their tools. Each chapter is followed by a bibliography which has two functions. The first is to represent the main sources or reviews of information upon which the associated chapter is partly based. The second is to give sources for some of the examples utilized in the chapter and some of the illustrations summarizing and clarifying the text, which have been adapted, cited, or derived, from those references. In that sense, I must most sincerely thank all those fellow ecologists who have preceeded me and who have made my work far more diverse and interesting to me than might otherwise have been the case. I have tried to build upon those who have come before, just as others will build beyond what I can see from our present vantage point. As references I have listed most of those works that I believe are most clearly written, inclusive, and accessible. Seeking them would create a library of ecology which I believe could serve any serious student well by offering a firm beginning in understanding ecology, environmental management, and the art of applied ecology. To aid that student's self-confidence, an extensive glossary has been prepared that I believe to represent a good, if not fully complete, compendium of ecological argot. A
