Book ID: 92022
Sole, Richard V. and Jordi Bascompte
Self-Organization in Complex Ecosystems. 2006. (Monographs in Population Biology, Volume 42). 112 line drawings. 6 tabs. 392 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This is the first book to clearly synthesize what we have learned aboutthe usefulness of tools from statistical physics in ecology. The authorsprovide a comprehensive introduction to complex systems theory, and ask:do universal laws shape the structure of ecosystems, at least at somescales? They offer the most compelling array of theoretical evidence todate of the potential of nonlinear ecological interactions to generate nonrandom, self-organized patterns at all levels.