Loreau From Populations to Ecosystems

Theoretical Foundations for a New Ecological Synthesis
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3416-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 46, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Monographs in Population Biology

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Loreau, Michel

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Preface: On Unifying Approaches in Ecology ix

Chapter 1: Population and Ecosystem Approaches in Ecology 1

Chapter 2: The Maintenance and Functional Consequences of Species Diversity 19

Chapter 3: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning 56

Chapter 4: Food Webs, Interaction Webs, and Ecosystem Functioning 79

Chapter 5: Stability and Complexity of Ecosystems: New Perspectives on an Old Debate 123

Chapter 6: Material Cycling and the Overall Functioning of Ecosystems 164

Chapter 7: Spatial Dynamics of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Metacommunities and Metaecosystems 196

Chapter 8: Evolution of Ecosystems and Ecosystem Properties 225

Chapter 9: Postface: Toward an Integrated, Predictive Ecology 260

References 269

Index 291

Über Autor(innen)

Michel Loreau is professor and Canada Research Chair in theoretical ecology at McGill University.