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| Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kim Cuddington; et al |
| ISBN: | 9780123738578 0123738571 |
| OCLC Number: | 123818304 |
| Description: | xix, 405 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Section I. History and definitions of ecosystem engineering -- 1. On the purpose, meaning, and usage of the physical ecosystem engineering concept -- 2. A historical perspective on ecosystem engineering -- 3. A new spirit and concept for ecosystem engineering? -- 4. Ecosystem engineering: utility, contention, and progress -- Section II. Examaples and applications -- 5. Earthworms as key actors in self-organized soil systems -- 6. Microhabitat manipulation: ecosystem engineering by shelter-building insects -- 7. Carpobrotus as a case study of the complexities of species impacts -- 8. Ecosystem engineering in the fossil record: early examples from the Cambrian period -- 9. Habitat conversion associated with bioeroding marine isopods -- 10. Lessons from disparate ecosystem engineers -- Section III. Theories and models -- 11. Community responses to environmental change: results of Lotka-Volterra community theory -- 12. Model studies of ecosystem engineering in plant communities -- 13. Balancing the engineer-environment equation: the current legacy -- 14. Synthesis of ecosystem engineering theory -- Section IV. Socio-economic issues and management solutions -- 15. Restoring oyster reefs to recover ecosystem services -- 16. Managing invasive ecosystem engineers: the case of Spartina in Pacific estuaries -- 17. Livestock and engineering network in the Israeli Negev: implications for ecosystem management -- 18. Ecosystem engineers and the complex dynamics of non-native species management on California's Channel Islands -- 19. The diverse faces of ecosystem engineers in agroecosystems -- 20. Management and ecosystem engineers: current knowledge and future challenges. |
| Series Title: | Theoretical ecology series. |
| Responsibility: | [editors] Kim Cuddington ... [et al.]. |
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