From populations to ecosystems : theoretical foundations for a new ecological synthesis /
Loreau, Michel.
From populations to ecosystems : theoretical foundations for a new ecological synthesis / Michel Loreau. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010. - xiv, 297 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Monographs in population biology .
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.
9780691122694 (alk. paper) 9780691122700 (alk. paper)
Ecology.
Biodiversity.
Population biology.
QH541.L67 2010
From populations to ecosystems : theoretical foundations for a new ecological synthesis / Michel Loreau. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010. - xiv, 297 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Monographs in population biology .
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.
9780691122694 (alk. paper) 9780691122700 (alk. paper)
Ecology.
Biodiversity.
Population biology.
QH541.L67 2010