Fundamental processes in ecology : an earth systems approach /
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| Author / Creator: | Wilkinson, David M., 1963- |
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description: | xi, 182 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7993925 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part 1. Introduction
- 1. Introducing the thought experiment
- Part 2. The Fundamental processes
- 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
- Part 3. Emerging systems
- 9. Nutrient cycling as an emergent property
- 10. Historical contingency and the development of planetary ecosystems
- 11. From processes to systems
- Glossary
- References
