Linking Species and Ecosystems
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This is the first volume devoted to the integration of population and ecosystem ecology—an approach that offers vast potential for improving our understanding of the complexities of nature and the management of environmental problems. The editors, Clive Jones and John Lawton, work at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York and the Natural Environment Research Council Centre for Population Biology in England, respectively. They have brought together a distinguished group of experts to explore diverse aspects of linking species and ecosystem perspectives: theoretical, empirical and pragmatic including: *processes that range from a local to a planetary scale *the role of organisms as ecosystem engineers *the use of ecological flow chains to link population and ecosystem processes *numerous examples of the influence of species on ecosystem processes and vice versa *a unique blend of problems and processes drawn from marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems *problems of species redundancy in ecosystem processes *stoichiometric constraints on species interactions; *scaling and aggregation problems. The book establishes conceptual frameworks for the rigorous study of interactions between species and ecosystems, it points to still-unanswered questions, and it identifies future research directions. Integration of ecology with its implications for teaching, research and society are central to the book. This pioneering volume will be an indispensable resource for ecology researchers, students, and environmental managers and will stimulate debate on the future integration of the field. Booknews Essays integrating population and ecosystem ecology explore diverse aspects of linking species and ecosystem perspectives. Topics include the role of organisms as ecosystem engineers, the use of ecological flow chains, the influence of species on ecosystem processes, species redundancy, stoichiometric restraints on species interactions, and scaling and aggregation problems. Useful for ecology researchers and students, and environmental managers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
ForwardAcknowledgmentsContributors1Why Link Species and Ecosystems? A Perspective from Ecosystem Ecology52Organisms and Species as Complex Adaptive Systems: Linking the Biology of Populations with the Physics of Ecosystems163Bioturbators as Ecosystem Engineers: Control of the Sediment Fabric, Inter-Individual Interactions, and Material Fluxes294Biogeochemical Processes and Marine Benthic Community Structure: Which Follows Which?375Marine Snow: What It Is and How It Affects Ecosystem Functioning456Floods, Food Chains, and Ecosystem Processes in Rivers527Population Variability in Experimental Ecosystems618How Important Are Consumer Species to Ecosystem Functioning?729Linking Tree Population Dynamics and Forest Ecosystem Processes8410Soil Organisms as Engineers: Microsite Modulation of Macroscale Processes9411Soil Fauna: Linking Different Levels of the Ecological Hierarchy10712Beaver as Engineers: Influences on Biotic and Abiotic Characteristics of Drainage Basins11713Atmospheric Oxygen and the Biosphere12714Linking Species and Ecosystems: Organisms as Ecosystem Engineers14115Top-Level Carnivores and Ecosystem Effects: Questions and Approaches15116Food Webs in Soil: An Interface Between Population and Ecosystem Ecology15917Unifying Ecological Subdisciplines with Ecosystem Food Webs16618Coupling the Dynamics of Species and Materials17619Exploring Aggregation in Space and Time19420Aggregation of Species Properties for Biogeochemical Modeling: Empirical Results20921Functional Redundancy and Process Aggregation: Linking Ecosystems to Species21522Species Compensation and Complementarity in Ecosystem Function22423Elemental Stoichiometry of Species in Ecosystems24024Species, Nitrogen, and Grassland Dynamics: The Constraints of Stuff25325Relationships Between the Energetics of Species and Large-Scale Species Richness26326Linking Species and Ecosystems: Where's Darwin?27327Ecological Flow Chains and Ecological Systems: Concepts for Linking Species and Ecosystem Perspectives28028The Relevance of Ecology: The Societal Context and Disciplinary Implications of Linkages Across Levels of Ecological Organization29729Linking Species and Ecosystems Through Training of Students30630Linking Species and Communities to Ecosystem Management: A Perspective from the Experimental Lakes Experience31331Why Link Species Conservation, Environmental Protection, and Resource Management?326References336Index371
