In this book, the author considers three questions. What are ecological models? How are they tested? How do ecological models inform environmental policy and politics? Through several case studies, the reader will see how these representations which idealize and abstract can be used to explain and predict complicated ecological systems. Additionally, these show how they bear on environmental policy and politics.
Introduction
1. What are ecological models?
2. Testing ecological models
3. How ecological models inform environmental policy and politics
Conclusion