Table of Contents

1. Why Write a Handbook of Ecological Concepts? A. Schwarz, K. Jax
2, Structure of the Handbook; K. Jax, A. Schwarz
3. History of Concepts for Ecology; A. Schwarz
4. Multifaceted Ecology Between Organicism, Emergentism and Reductionism; D. Bergandi
5. The Classical Holism-Reductionism Debate in Ecology; L. Trepl, A. Voigt
6. Conceptualizing the Heterogeneity, Embeddedness, and Ongoing Restructuring That Make Ecological Complexity ‘Unruly’; P. Taylor
7. A Few Theses Regarding the Inner Structure of Ecology; G. Wiegleb
8. Dynamics in the Formation of Ecological Knowledge; A. Schwarz
9. Etymology and Original Sources of the Term “Ecology”; A. Schwarz, K. Jax
10. The Early Period of Word and Concept Formation; K. Jax, A. Schwarz
11. Competing Terms; K. Jax, A. Schwarz
12. Stabilizing a Concept; K. Jax
13. Formation of Scientific Societies; K. Jax
14. The Fundamental Subdivisions of Ecology; K. Jax, A. Schwarz
15. The Rise of Systems Theory in Ecology; A. Voigt
16. Ecology and the Environmental Movement; A. Jamison
17. Ecology and Biodiversity at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century: Towards a New Paradigm? P. Blandin
18. An Ecosystem View into the Twenty-first Century; W. Haber
19. Early Ecology in the German-Speaking World Through WWII; A. Schwarz, K. Jax
20. The History of Early British and US-American Ecology to 1950; R. McIntosh
21. The French Tradition in Ecology: 1820–1950; P. Matagne
22. Early History of Ecology in Spain, 1868–1936; S. Casado
23. Plant Community,Plantesamfund; P. Anker
24. Looking at Russian Ecology through the Biosphere Theory; G.S. Levit
25. Geography as Ecology; G. Hard
26. Border Zones of Ecology and the Applied Sciences; Y. Haila
27. Border Zones of Ecology and Systems Theory; E. Becker,  B. Breckling
28. Economy, Ecology and Sustainability; J.M. Gowdy
Picture Credits
Glossary
Author Biography
Author Index
Subject Index