Theoretical Studies of Ecosystems

The Network Perspective
Herausgeber: Burns, T. P.; Higashi, M.; Burns, Thomas P.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a comprehensive overview of developments in the study of theoretical ecology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 609g
• ISBN-13: 9780521105835
• ISBN-10: 0521105838
• Artikelnr.: 26056619

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Enrichment of ecosystem theory M.
Higashi and T. P Burns; Part I. Perspectives on the network approach to
ecosystems: 1. Networks in ecology R. Margalef; 2. Formal agency in
ecosystem development R. E. Ulanowicz; 3. Network thermodynamics: a
unifying approach to dynamic nonlinear living systems D. C. Mikulecky; 4.
Improving predicability in networks: system specification through hierarchy
theory T. F. H. Allen and R. V. O'Neill; Part II. Network approaches to
problems in ecosystems ecology: 5. Network trophic dynamics: an emerging
paradigm in ecosystems ecology M. Higashi, B. C. Patten and T. P. Burns; 6.
Positive feedback and ecosystem organisation D. L. De Angelis and W. M.
Post; 7. Structure, stability and succession of model competition systems
K. Kawasaki, H. Nakajima, N. Shigesada and E. Teramoto; 8. Hierarchal
evolution in ecological networks: environs and selection T. P. Burns, B. C.
Patten and M. Higashi; 9. Control theory in the study of ecosystems: a
summary view B. Hannon and J. Bentsman; 10. Do economics-like principles
predict ecosystem behaviour under changing resource constraints? R.
Herendeen; Concluding remarks: Network ecology: indirect determination of
the life-environment relationship in ecosystems B. C. Patten; Indexes.