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The Princeton guide to ecology /

Contains up-to-date articles on the most important topics within seven major areas: autecology, population ecology, communities and ecosystems, landscapes and the biosphere, conservation biology, ecosystem services, and biosphere management.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Levin, Simon A., Carpenter, Stephen R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Autecology
  • Ecological Niche / Thomas W. Schoener
  • Physiological Ecology : Animals / Martin Wikelski
  • Physiological Ecology : Plants / David D. Ackerly, Stephanie A. Stuart
  • Functional Morphology : Muscles, Elastic Mechanisms, and Animal Performance / Duncan J. Irschick, Justin P. Henningsen
  • Habitat Selection / Judy Stamps
  • Dispersal / Nicolas Perrin
  • Foraging Behavior / Joel S. Brown
  • Social Behavior / Eldridge S. Adams
  • Phenotypic Plasticity / Joseph Travis
  • Life History / William F. Morris
  • Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems / Catherine H. Graham, Scott J. Goetz
  • Geographic Range / Kevin J. Gaston
  • Adaptation / Allan Larson
  • Phenotypic Selection / David W. Pfennig, Joel G. Kingsolver
  • Population Genetics and Ecology / Philip Hedrick
  • Phylogenetics and Comparative Methods / David D. Ackerly
  • Microevolution / Michael A. Bell
  • Ecological Speciation : Natural Selection and the Formation of New Species / Patrik Nosil, Howard Rundle
  • Adaptive Radiation / Rosemary Gillespie
  • Part II. Population Ecology
  • Age-Structured and Stage-Structured Population Dynamics / Mark Rees, Stephen P. Ellner
  • Density Dependence and Single-Species Population Dynamics / Anthony R. Ives
  • Biological Chaos and Complex Dynamics / Alan Hastings
  • Metapopulations and Spatial Population Processes / Ilkka Hanski
  • Competition and Coexistence in Plant Communities / Ray Dybzinski, David Tilman
  • Competition and Coexistence in Animal Communities / Priyanga Amarasekare
  • Predator-Prey Interactions / Robert F. Denno, Danny Lewis
  • Host-Parasitoid Interactions / Cheryl J. Briggs
  • Ecological Epidemiology / Michael Begon
  • Interactions between Plants and Herbivores / Rebecca J. Morris
  • Mutualism and Symbiosis / Judith L. Bronstein
  • Ecology of Microbial Populations / Thomas Bell
  • Coevolution / John N. Thompson
  • Part III. Communities and Ecosystems
  • Biodiversity : Concepts, Patterns, and Measurement / Robert K. Colwell
  • Competition, Neutrality, and Community Organization / Jérôme Chave
  • Predation and Community Organization / Robert D. Holt
  • Facilitation and the Organization of Plant Communities / Ragan M. Callaway
  • Indirect Effects in Communities and Ecosystems : The Role of Trophic and Nontrophic Interactions / Oswald J. Schmitz
  • Top-Down and Bottom-Up Regulation of Communities / E.T. Borer, D.S. Gruner
  • The Structure and Stability of Food Webs / Kevin McCann
  • Spatial and Metacommunity Dynamics in Biodiversity / M.A. Leibold
  • Ecosystem Productivity and Carbon Flows : Patterns across Ecosystems / Julien Lartigue, Just Cebrian
  • Nutrient Cycling and Biogeochemistry / Peter M. Vitousek, Pamela A. Matson
  • Terrestrial Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles / R.A. Houghton
  • Freshwater Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles / Darren Bade
  • The Marine Carbon Cycle / Paul Falkowski
  • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning / Andrew Hector, Andy Wilby
  • Ecological Stoichiometry / R.W. Sterner, J.J. Elser
  • Macroecological Perspectives on Communities and Ecosystems / Pablo A. Marquet
  • Alternative Stable States and Regime Shifts in Ecosystems / Marten Scheffer
  • Responses of Communities and Ecosystems to Global Changes / Erika Zavaleta, Nicole Heller
  • Evolution of Communities and Ecosystems / Nicolas Loeuille
  • Part IV. Landscapes and the Biosphere
  • Landscape Dynamics / David J. Tongway, John A. Ludwig
  • Landscape Pattern and Biodiversity / Joern Fischer, David B. Lindenmayer, Richard J. Hobbs
  • Ecological Dynamics in Fragmented Landscapes / Jianguo Wu
  • Biodiversity Patterns in Managed and Natural Landscapes / Paul R. Moorcroft
  • Boundary Dynamics in Landscapes / Debra P.C. Peters, James R. Gosz, Scott L. Collins
  • Spatial Patterns of Species Diversity in Terrestrial Environments / Brian A. Maurer
  • Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in Landscapes / F.I. Woodward
  • Seascape Patterns and Dynamics of Coral Reefs / Terry P. Hughes
  • Seascape Microbial Ecology : Habitat Structure, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Function / David M. Karl, Ricardo M. Letelier
  • Spatial Dynamics of Marine Fisheries / Daniel Pauly, Reg Watson
  • Part V. Conservation Biology
  • Causes and Consequences of Species Extinctions / Navjot S. Sodhi, Barry W. Brook, Corey J.A. Bradshaw
  • Population Viability Analysis / Daniel F. Doak, Myra E. Finkelstein, Victoria J. Bakker
  • Principles of Reserve Design / Nick Haddad
  • Building and Implementing Systems of Conservation Areas / Will R. Turner, Robert L. Pressey
  • Marine Conservation / Jeremy B.C. Jackson
  • Conservation and Global Climate Change / Diane M. Debinski, Molly S. Cross
  • Restoration Ecology / Richard J. Hobbs
  • Part VI. Ecosystem Services
  • Ecosystem Services : Issues of Scale and Trade-Offs / R.J. Scholes
  • Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Ecosystem Services / Shahid Naeem
  • Beyond Biodiversity : Other Aspects of Ecological Organization / Jon Norberg
  • Human-Dominated Systems : Agroecosystems / Alison G. Power, Megan O'Rourke, Laurie E. Drinkwater
  • Forests / Luis A. Solórzano, Guayana I. Páez-Acosta
  • Grasslands / Martha Downs, Osvaldo E. Sala
  • Marine Ecosystem Services / Marissa L. Baskett, Benjamin S. Halpern
  • Provisioning Services : A Focus on Fresh Water / Margaret A. Palmer, David C. Richardson
  • Regulating Services : A Focus on Disease Regulation / Peter Daszak, A. Marm Kilpatrick
  • Support Services : A Focus on Genetic Diversity / Oliver R.W. Pergams, Peter Kareiva
  • The Economics of Ecosystem Services / Charles Perrings
  • Technological Substitution and Augmentation of Ecosystem Services / Indur M. Goklany
  • Conservation of Ecosystem Services / Jon Paul Rodríguez
  • Part VII. Managing the Biosphere
  • Biological Control : Theory and Practice / William Murdoch
  • Fisheries Management / Ray Hilborn
  • Wildlife Management / Mark S. Boyce, Evelyn H. Merrill, Anthony R.E. Sinclair
  • Managing the Global Water System / Joseph Alcamo
  • Managing Nutrient Mobilization and Eutrophication / D.W. Schindler
  • Managing Infectious Diseases / Jonathan A. Patz, Sarah H. Olson
  • Agriculture, Land Use, and the Transformation of Planet Earth / Jonathan A. Foley [and others]
  • The Ecology, Economics, and Management of Alien Invasive Species / Ryan Chisholm
  • Ecological Economics : Principles of Economic Policy Design for Ecosystem Management / Anastasios Xepapadeas
  • Governance and Institutions / Elinor Ostrom
  • Assessments : Linking Ecology to Policy / Clark A. Miller
  • Milestones in Ecology / compiled by Christopher Morris.