From populations to ecosystems
Subtitle: theoretical foundations for a new ecological synthesis
By: Michel Loreau.
Series: Monographs in population biology
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691122694; 9780691122700
Subjects: Ecology; Biodiversity; Population biology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Population and ecosystem approaches in ecology; title: The maintenance and functional consequences of species diversity; title: Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; title: Food webs, interaction webs, and ecosystem functioning; title: Stability and complexity of ecosystems : new perspectives on an old debate; title: Material cycling and the overall functioning of ecosystems; title: Spatial dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning : metacommunities and meta-ecosystems; title: Evolution of ecosystems and ecosystem properties; title: Postface : toward an integrated, predictive ecology.