From populations to ecosystems:theoretical foundations for a new ecological synthesis
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Princeton University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Princeton |
Publication Dates: | c2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Monographs in population biology ; 46 |
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Carrier Form: | xiv, 297 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780691122694 (alk. paper) 0691122695 (alk. paper) 9780691122700 (alk. paper) 0691122709 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | Q145 |
CLC: | Q145 |
Call Number: | Q145/L868 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-290) and index. Population and ecosystem approaches in ecology -- The maintenance and functional consequences of species diversity -- Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning -- Food webs, interaction webs, and ecosystem functioning -- Stability and complexity of ecosystems: new perspectives on an old debate -- Material cycling and the overall functioning of ecosystems -- Spatial dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: metacommunities and meta-ecosystems -- Evolution of ecosystems and ecosystem properties -- Postface: toward an integrated, predictive ecology. |