Peter Petraitis

Multiple Stable States in Natural Ecosystems

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Many natural systems such as coral reefs and tropical forests are undergoing rapid changes that appear without warning and seem irreversible. This book presents a clear and concise overview of the ecological theory that has been developed to explain these sudden changes and provides a number of compelling examples.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 165mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780198777755
• ISBN-10: 0198777752
• Artikelnr.: 47970646

Autorenporträt

Peter Petraitis is a Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania and an ecologist known for his work in rocky intertidal shores in Maine where he has been working since 1981. He also works in Mongolia studying the impacts of climate change and nomadic herding on steppe grasslands in Lake Hövsgöl National Park. Professor Petraitis received his Ph.D. in ecology from Stony Brook University in 1979 and was a postdoctoral scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution before joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: What theory actually tells us about multiple stable states
3: Detection of multiple stable states
4: Experimental evidence
5: Catastrophe theory
6: Hallmarks of catastrophes
7: Other modeling approaches
8: Four common misconceptions
9: Using temporal and spatial patterns as evidence
10: Where do we go from here?