From Populations to Ecosystems : Theoretical Foundations for a New Ecological Synthesis /
The major subdisciplines of ecology--population ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, and evolutionary ecology--have diverged increasingly in recent decades. What is critically needed today is an integrated, real-world approach to ecology that reflects the interdependency of biodiversity an...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2010.
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Colección: | Monographs in population biology ;
46. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.