Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science || Secondary Production and Consumer Energetics

✍ Scribed by Strayer, David L.

• Book ID: 121333554
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 799 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0120887746
• DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-091680-4.00003-2

✦ Synopsis

Ecosystem science has developed into a major part of contemporary ecology, and it is now applied to diagnose and solve a wide range of important environmental problems. Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science provides a compact and comprehensive introduction to modern ecosystem science. Written by a group of experts, this book covers major concepts of ecosystem science, biogeochemistry, and energetics.

• Addresses, contrasts, and compares both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
• Combines general lessons, concepts, frameworks, and challenges in highly accessible synthesis chapters
• Presents firsthand case studies, written by leaders in the field, offering personal insights into how adopting an ecosystem approach led to innovations, new understanding, management changes, and policy solutions