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Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
Author | : F Stuart Chapin III,Pamela A. Matson,Peter Vitousek |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 529 |
Release | : 2011-09-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1441995048 |
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Features review questions at the end of each chapter; Includes suggestions for recommended reading; Provides a glossary of ecological terms; Has a wide audience as a textbook for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and as a reference for practicing scientists from a wide array of disciplines
Ecosystem Ecology
Author | : David G. Raffaelli,Christopher L. J. Frid |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 2010-03-04 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0521735033 |
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What can ecological science contribute to the sustainable management and conservation of the natural systems that underpin human well-being? Bridging the natural, physical and social sciences, this book shows how ecosystem ecology can inform the ecosystem services approach to environmental management. The authors recognise that ecosystems are rich in linkages between biophysical and social elements that generate powerful intrinsic dynamics. Unlike traditional reductionist approaches, the holistic perspective adopted here is able to explain the increasing range of scientific studies that have highlighted unexpected consequences of human activity, such as the lack of recovery of cod populations on the Grand Banks despite nearly two decades of fishery closures, or the degradation of Australia's fertile land through salt intrusion. Written primarily for researchers and graduate students in ecology and environmental management, it provides an accessible discussion of some of the most important aspects of ecosystem ecology and the potential relationships between them.
Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
Author | : F Stuart Chapin III,Pamela A. Matson,Harold A. Mooney |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 449 |
Release | : 2006-04-10 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780387216638 |
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Features review questions at the end of each chapter; Includes suggestions for recommended reading; Provides a glossary of ecological terms; Has a wide audience as a textbook for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and as a reference for practicing scientists from a wide array of disciplines
Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation
Author | : Oswald J. Schmitz |
Publsiher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2013-03-19 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1597265985 |
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Meeting today’s environmental challenges requires a new way of thinking about the intricate dependencies between humans and nature. Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation provides students and other readers with a basic understanding of the fundamental principles of ecological science and their applications, offering an essential overview of the way ecology can be used to devise strategies to conserve the health and functioning of ecosystems. The book begins by exploring the need for ecological science in understanding current environmental issues and briefly discussing what ecology is and isn’t. Subsequent chapters address critical issues in conservation and show how ecological science can be applied to them. The book explores questions such as: • What is the role of ecological science in decision making? • What factors govern the assembly of ecosystems and determine their response to various stressors? • How does Earth’s climate system function and determine the distribution of life on Earth? • What factors control the size of populations? • How does fragmentation of the landscape affect the persistence of species on the landscape? • How does biological diversity influence ecosystem processes? The book closes with a final chapter that addresses the need not only to understand ecological science, but to put that science into an ecosystem conservation ethics perspective.
Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
Author | : Francis Stuart Chapin (III),Pamela A. Matson,Harold A. Mooney |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2002-08-12 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0387954430 |
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Features review questions at the end of each chapter; Includes suggestions for recommended reading; Provides a glossary of ecological terms; Has a wide audience as a textbook for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and as a reference for practicing scientists from a wide array of disciplines
Theoretical Ecosystem Ecology
Author | : Goran I. Agren,Ernesto Bosatta |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1998-07-13 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0521646510 |
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The cycling of elements such as carbon and nitrogen is of central importance in ecology, particularly when humans are causing changes to element cycles on a global scale. In this 1996 book a rigorous mathematical framework is developed to model how element cycles operate and interact in plants and soils, forming the foundations of a new ecosystem theory. From a few basic equations, powerful predictions can be generated covering a wide range of ecological phenomena related to element cycling. These predictions are tested extensively against field and laboratory studies of agricultural and forest ecosystems. This work will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in theoretical ecology, soil science, forestry and biogeochemistry.
Foundations of Ecological Resilience
Author | : Lance H. Gunderson,Craig Reece Allen,C. S. Holling |
Publsiher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2012-07-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781610911337 |
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Ecological resilience provides a theoretical foundation for understanding how complex systems adapt to and recover from localized disturbances like hurricanes, fires, pest outbreaks, and floods, as well as large-scale perturbations such as climate change. Ecologists have developed resilience theory over the past three decades in an effort to explain surprising and nonlinear dynamics of complex adaptive systems. Resilience theory is especially important to environmental scientists for its role in underpinning adaptive management approaches to ecosystem and resource management. Foundations of Ecological Resilience is a collection of the most important articles on the subject of ecological resilience—those writings that have defined and developed basic concepts in the field and help explain its importance and meaning for scientists and researchers. The book’s three sections cover articles that have shaped or defined the concepts and theories of resilience, including key papers that broke new conceptual ground and contributed novel ideas to the field; examples that demonstrate ecological resilience in a range of ecosystems; and articles that present practical methods for understanding and managing nonlinear ecosystem dynamics. Foundations of Ecological Resilience is an important contribution to our collective understanding of resilience and an invaluable resource for students and scholars in ecology, wildlife ecology, conservation biology, sustainability, environmental science, public policy, and related fields.
Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
Author | : Göran I. Ågren,Folke O. Andersson |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781107011076 |
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Explains the structure, function and dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems and demonstrates the application of ecosystem ecology to current environmental problems.