The major subdisciplines of ecology--population ecology, community ecology, ecosystem
ecology, and evolutionary ecology--have diverged increasingly in recent decades. What is …

A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community
ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological …

Community ecology and ecosystem ecology provide two perspectives on complex
ecological systems that have largely complementary strengths and weaknesses. Merging …

A primary goal of ecology is to measure, understand, and predict patterns of biodiversity,
including the numbers of kinds of organisms and their genetic and phenotypic or functional …

Earth's biota is not a passive epiphenomenon of Earth's physical conditions and
geochemical processes. Through the collective metabolic and growth activities of its trillions …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 313–323 Abstract Classical approaches to food webs focus on
patterns and processes occurring at the community level rather than at the broader …

An ecosystem's complexity develops from the vast numbers of species interacting in
ecological communities. The nature of these interactions, in turn, depends on environmental …

The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has emerged as one of the
most exciting and dynamic areas in contemporary ecology. Increasing domination of …

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 …

Finally, an eBook version of this now classic textbook has become available. Largely based
on the 6th edition, published in 2000, this version is competitively priced. Written by well …