Ecological Mechanics

Author : Mark Denny
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691163154

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Ecological Mechanics by Mark Denny Pdf

An in-depth exploration of how biomechanics and ecology work together Plants and animals interact with each other and their surroundings, and these interactions—with all their complexity and contingency—control where species can survive and reproduce. In this comprehensive and groundbreaking introduction to the emerging field of ecological mechanics, Mark Denny explains how the principles of physics and engineering can be used to understand the intricacies of these remarkable relationships. Denny opens with a brief review of basic physics before introducing the fundamentals of diffusion, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, and heat transfer, taking care to explain each in the context of living organisms. Why are corals of different shapes on different parts of a reef? How can geckos climb sheer walls? Why can birds and fish migrate farther than mammals? How do desert plants stay cool? The answers to these and a host of similar questions illustrate the principles of heat, mass, and momentum transport and set the stage for the book's central topic—the application of these principles in ecology. Denny shows how variations in the environment—in both space and time—affect the performance of plants and animals. He introduces spectral analysis, a mathematical tool for quantifying the patterns in which environments vary, and uses it to analyze such subjects as the spread of invasive species. Synthesizing the book’s materials, the final chapters use ecological mechanics to predict the occurrence and consequences of extreme ecological events, explain the emergence of patterns in the distribution and abundance of organisms, and empower readers to explore further. Ecological Mechanics offers new insights into the physical workings of organisms and their environment.

Author : Stephen A. Wainwright
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1982-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 0691083088

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Mechanical Design in Organisms by Stephen A. Wainwright Pdf

This book deals with an interface between mechanical engineering and biology. It reviews biological structural materials and systems and their mechanically important features and demonstrates that function at any particular level of biological integration is permitted and controlled by structure at lower levels of integration.

Author : Francois Nicot,Olivier Millet
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780081025963

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Advances in Multi-Physics and Multi-Scale Couplings in Geo-Environmental Mechanics by Francois Nicot,Olivier Millet Pdf

Advances in Multi-Physics and Multi-Scale Couplings in Geo-Environmental Mechanics reunites some of the most recent work from the French research group MeGe GDR (National Research Group on Multiscale and Multiphysics Couplings in Geo-Environmental Mechanics) on the theme of multi-scale and multi-physics modeling of geomaterials, with a special focus on micromechanical aspects. Its offers readers a glimpse into the current state of scientific knowledge in the field, together with the most up-to-date tools and methods of analysis available. Each chapter represents a study with a different viewpoint, alternating between phenomenological/micro-mechanically enriched and purely micromechanical approaches. Throughout the book, contributing authors will highlight advances in geomaterials modeling, while also pointing out practical implications for engineers. Topics discussed include multi-scale modeling of cohesive-less geomaterials, including multi-physical processes, but also the effects of particle breakage, large deformations on the response of the material at the specimen scale and concrete materials, together with clays as cohesive geomaterials. The book concludes by looking at some engineering problems involving larger scales. Identifies contributions in the field of geomechanics Focuses on multi-scale linkages at small scales Presents numerical simulations by discrete elements and tools of homogenization or change of scale

Author : James J. Gibson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135059736

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The Ecological Approach To Visual Perception by James J. Gibson Pdf

This is a book about how we see: the environment around us (its surfaces, their layout, and their colors and textures); where we are in the environment; whether or not we are moving and, if we are, where we are going; what things are good for; how to do things (to thread a needle or drive an automobile); or why things look as they do. The basic assumption is that vision depends on the eye which is connected to the brain. The author suggests that natural vision depends on the eyes in the head on a body supported by the ground, the brain being only the central organ of a complete visual system. When no constraints are put on the visual system, people look around, walk up to something interesting and move around it so as to see it from all sides, and go from one vista to another. That is natural vision -- and what this book is about.

Author : Wolf-Dietrich Heine
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3830952767

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An ecological consideration of Stimulus-Response Compatibility by Wolf-Dietrich Heine Pdf

Author : Peter A. Hancock,John M. Flach,Jeff Caird,Kim J. Vicente
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351434836

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Local Applications of the Ecological Approach To Human-Machine Systems by Peter A. Hancock,John M. Flach,Jeff Caird,Kim J. Vicente Pdf

There is a growing consensus in the human factors/ergonomics community that human factors research has had little impact on significant applied problems. Some have suggested that the problem lies in the fact that much HF/E research has been based on the wrong type of psychology, an information processing view of psychology that is reductionistic and context-free. Ecological psychology offers a viable alternative, presenting a richer view of human behavior that is holistic and contextualized. The papers presented in these two volumes show the conceptual impact that ecological psychology can have on HF/E, as well as presenting a number of specific examples illustrating the ecological approach to human-machine systems. It is the first collection of papers that explicitly draws a connection between these two fields. While work in this area is only just beginning, the evidence available suggests that taking an ecological approach to human factors/ergonomics helps bridge the existing gap between basic research and applied problems.

Author : Andrew Dobson,David Tilman,Robert D. Holt
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691199832

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Unsolved Problems in Ecology by Andrew Dobson,David Tilman,Robert D. Holt Pdf

"This volume provides a series of essays on open questions in ecology with the overarching goal being to outline to the most important, most interesting or most fundamental problems in ecology that need to be addressed. The contributions span ecological subfields, from behavioral ecology and population ecology to disease ecology and conservation and range in tone from the technical to more personal meditations on the state of the field. Many of the chapters start or end in moments of genuine curiosity, like one which takes up the question of why the world is green or another which asks what might come of a thought experiment in which we "turn-off" evolution entirely"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CRC Studio
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Culture
ISBN : 9781551951393

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Culture + the State: Landscape and Ecology by Anonim Pdf

Author : John M. Flach,Peter A. Hancock,Jeff Caird,Kim J. Vicente
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351444651

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Global Perspectives on the Ecology of Human-Machine Systems by John M. Flach,Peter A. Hancock,Jeff Caird,Kim J. Vicente Pdf

There is a growing consensus in the human factors/ergonomics community that human factors research has had little impact on significant applied problems. Some have suggested that the problem lies in the fact that much HF/E research has been based on the wrong type of psychology, an information processing view of psychology that is reductionistic and context-free. Ecological psychology offers a viable alternative, presenting a richer view of human behavior that is holistic and contextualized. The papers presented in these two volumes show the conceptual impact that ecological psychology can have on HF/E, as well as presenting a number of specific examples illustrating the ecological approach to human-machine systems. It is the first collection of papers that explicitly draws a connection between these two fields. While work in this area is only just beginning, the evidence available suggests that taking an ecological approach to human factors/ergonomics helps bridge the existing gap between basic research and applied problems.

Author : Rokochinskiy, Anatoliy,Kuzmych, Lyudmyla,Volk, Pavlo
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781668482506

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Handbook of Research on Improving the Natural and Ecological Conditions of the Polesie Zone by Rokochinskiy, Anatoliy,Kuzmych, Lyudmyla,Volk, Pavlo Pdf

The wetlands of the Polish Polissya zone in previous centuries had a negative impact on the economic development of the region and were an obstacle to social transformation. Even in ancient times, humans were aware of the need for drainage measures, as evidenced by archaeological excavations and traces of preserved reclamation works dating back a thousand years. Unfortunately, little has survived testifying to the scale of hydro melioration until the second half of the 18th century. The Handbook of Research on Improving the Natural and Ecological Conditions of the Polesie Zone considers the results of many years of research and the production experience of leading scientists and specialists of the water management and melioration profile regarding natural, historical, social, economic, constructive, regime-technological, ecological, economic, and other aspects of land reclamation and development of the Polissya zone. Covering key topics such as water treatment, ecology, nature conservation, and environmental science, this premier reference source is ideal for industry professionals, researchers, academicians, practitioners, scholars, instructors, and students.

Author : Brian D. Fath,Sven Erik Jorgensen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000062083

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Managing Biological and Ecological Systems by Brian D. Fath,Sven Erik Jorgensen Pdf

Bringing together a wealth of knowledge, Environmental Management Handbook, Second Edition, gives a comprehensive overview of environmental problems, their sources, their assessment, and their solutions. Through in-depth entries and a topical table of contents, readers will quickly find answers to questions about environmental problems and their corresponding management issues. This six-volume set is a reimagining of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Environmental Management, published in 2013, and features insights from more than 400 contributors, all experts in their field. The experience, evidence, methods, and models used in studying environmental management are presented here in six stand-alone volumes, arranged along the major environmental systems. Features The first handbook that demonstrates the key processes and provisions for enhancing environmental management Addresses new and cutting-edge topics on ecosystem services, resilience, sustainability, food–energy–water nexus, socio-ecological systems, and more Provides an excellent basic knowledge on environmental systems, explains how these systems function, and offers strategies on how to best manage them Includes the most important problems and solutions facing environmental management today In this second volume, Managing Biological and Ecological Systems, the reader is introduced to the general concepts and processes of the biosphere and all its systems. This volume explains how these systems function and provides strategies on how to best manage them. It serves as an excellent resource for finding basic knowledge on the biosphere and ecological systems and includes important problems and solutions that environmental managers face today. This book practically demonstrates the key processes, methods, and models used in studying environmental management.

Author : Anthony Herrel,Thomas Speck,Nicholas P. Rowe
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781420001594

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Ecology and Biomechanics by Anthony Herrel,Thomas Speck,Nicholas P. Rowe Pdf

We live in a well-engineered universe. This engineering is present in every system and organism in existence, including in the actions and interactions of plants and animals. In fact, one could say that the function and movement of plants and animals is just as much a part of their makeup as chlorophyll and fiber or bone and blood. Consequently, if

Author : Paco Calvo,Antoni Gomila
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780080466163

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Handbook of Cognitive Science by Paco Calvo,Antoni Gomila Pdf

The Handbook of Cognitive Science provides an overview of recent developments in cognition research, relying upon non-classical approaches. Cognition is explained as the continuous interplay between brain, body, and environment, without relying on classical notions of computations and representation to explain cognition. The handbook serves as a valuable companion for readers interested in foundational aspects of cognitive science, and neuroscience and the philosophy of mind. The handbook begins with an introduction to embodied cognitive science, and then breaks up the chapters into separate sections on conceptual issues, formal approaches, embodiment in perception and action, embodiment from an artificial perspective, embodied meaning, and emotion and consciousness. Contributors to the book represent research overviews from around the globe including the US, UK, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands.

Author : Rik Warren,Alexander H. Wertheim
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0805809090

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Perception & Control of Self-motion by Rik Warren,Alexander H. Wertheim Pdf

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : David H. Jonassen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1195 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780805841459

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Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology by David H. Jonassen Pdf

This edition of this handbook updates and expands its review of the research, theory, issues and methodology that constitute the field of educational communications and technology. Organized into seven sectors, it profiles and integrates the following elements of this rapidly changing field.