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Fundamental processes in ecology : an earth systems approach / David M. Wilkinson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xi, 182 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0198568460 (alk. paper)
  • 9780198568469
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577 22
LOC classification:
  • QH541 .W455 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introducing the thought experiment -- 2. Energy flow -- 3. Multiple guilds -- 4. Tradeoffs and biodiversity -- 5. Ecological hypercycles -- covering a planet with life -- 6. Merging of organismal and ecological physiology -- 7. Photosynthesis -- 8. Carbon sequestration -- 9. Nutrient cycling as an emergent property -- 10. Historical contingency and the development of planetary ecosystems -- 11. From processes to systems.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [150]-171) and index.

1. Introducing the thought experiment -- 2. Energy flow -- 3. Multiple guilds -- 4. Tradeoffs and biodiversity -- 5. Ecological hypercycles -- covering a planet with life -- 6. Merging of organismal and ecological physiology -- 7. Photosynthesis -- 8. Carbon sequestration -- 9. Nutrient cycling as an emergent property -- 10. Historical contingency and the development of planetary ecosystems -- 11. From processes to systems.