Book ID: 103067
Weathers, Kathleen C., David L. Strayer and Gene E. Likens (eds.)
Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science. 2013. illus. 326 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
This textbook addresses, contrasts, and compares both terrestrial andaquatic ecosystems. It combines general general lessons, concepts,frameworks, and challenges in highly accessible synthesis chapters. Itpresents firsthand case studies offering personal insights into howadopting an ecosystem approach leads to innovations, new understandings,management changes, and policy solutions. Contents (partly): Introduction/ Ecological Energetics/ Biogeochemistry/ Synthesis/ CaseStudies/ Frontiers/ Ecosystems/ Index.