Preface |
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Contributors |
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1 | (152) |
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3 | (11) |
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Physiological Ecology: Animals |
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14 | (6) |
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Physiological Ecology: Plants |
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20 | (7) |
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Functional Morphology: Muscles, Elastic Mechanisms, and Animal Performance |
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27 | (11) |
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38 | (7) |
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45 | (6) |
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51 | (8) |
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59 | (6) |
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65 | (7) |
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72 | (7) |
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Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems |
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79 | (8) |
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87 | (6) |
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93 | (8) |
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101 | (8) |
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Population Genetics and Ecology |
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109 | (8) |
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Phylogenetics and Comparative Methods |
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117 | (9) |
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126 | (8) |
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Ecological Speciation: Natural Selection and the Formation of New Species |
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134 | (9) |
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143 | (10) |
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153 | (100) |
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Age-Structured and Stage-Structured Population Dynamics |
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155 | (11) |
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Density Dependence and Single-Species Population Dynamics |
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166 | (6) |
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Biological Chaos and Complex Dynamics |
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172 | (5) |
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Metapopulations and Spatial Population Processes |
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177 | (9) |
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Competition and Coexistence in Plant Communities |
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186 | (10) |
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Competition and Coexistence in Animal Communities |
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196 | (6) |
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Predator-Prey Interactions |
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202 | (11) |
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Host-Parasitoid Interactions |
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213 | (7) |
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220 | (7) |
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Interactions between Plants and Herbivores |
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227 | (6) |
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233 | (6) |
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Ecology of Microbial Populations |
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239 | (8) |
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247 | (6) |
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Communities and Ecosystems |
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253 | (170) |
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Biodiversity: Concepts, Patterns, and Measurement |
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257 | (7) |
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Competition, Neutrality, and Community Organization |
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264 | (10) |
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Predation and Community Organization |
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274 | (8) |
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Facilitation and the Organization of Plant Communities |
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282 | (7) |
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Indirect Effects in Communities and Ecosystems: The Role of Trophic and Nontrophic Interactions |
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289 | (7) |
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Top-Down and Bottom-Up Regulation of Communities |
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296 | (9) |
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The Structure and Stability of Food Webs |
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305 | (7) |
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Spatial and Metacommunity Dynamics in Biodiversity |
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312 | (8) |
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Ecosystem Productivity and Carbon Flows: Patterns across Ecosystems |
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320 | (10) |
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Nutrient Cycling and Biogeochemistry |
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330 | (10) |
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Terrestrial Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles |
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340 | (7) |
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Freshwater Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles |
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347 | (11) |
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358 | (9) |
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning |
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367 | (9) |
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376 | (10) |
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Macroecological Perspectives on Communities and Ecosystems |
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386 | (9) |
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Alternative Stable States and Regime Shifts in Ecosystems |
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395 | (12) |
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Responses of Communities and Ecosystems to Global Changes |
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407 | (7) |
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Evolution of Communities and Ecosystems |
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414 | (9) |
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Landscapes and the Biosphere |
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423 | (88) |
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425 | (6) |
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Landscape Pattern and Biodiversity |
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431 | (7) |
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Ecological Dynamics in Fragmented Landscapes |
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438 | (7) |
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Biodiversity Patterns in Managed and Natural Landscapes |
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445 | (13) |
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Boundary Dynamics in Landscapes |
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458 | (6) |
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Spatial Patterns of Species Diversity in Terrestrial Environments |
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464 | (10) |
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Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in Landscapes |
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474 | (8) |
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Seascape Patterns and Dynamics of Coral Reefs |
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482 | (6) |
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Seascape Microbial Ecology: Habitat Structure, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Function |
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488 | (13) |
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Spatial Dynamics of Marine Fisheries |
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501 | (10) |
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511 | (62) |
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Causes and Consequences of Species Extinctions |
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514 | (7) |
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Population Viability Analysis |
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521 | (8) |
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Principles of Reserve Design |
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529 | (9) |
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Building and Implementing Systems of Conservation Areas |
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538 | (10) |
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548 | (9) |
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Conservation and Global Climate Change |
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557 | (9) |
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566 | (7) |
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573 | (106) |
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Ecosystem Services: Issues of Scale and Trade-Offs |
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579 | (5) |
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Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Ecosystem Services |
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584 | (7) |
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Beyond Biodiversity: Other Aspects of Ecological Organization |
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591 | (6) |
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Human-Dominated Systems: Agroecosystems |
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597 | (9) |
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606 | (8) |
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614 | (5) |
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Marine Ecosystem Services |
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619 | (6) |
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Provisioning Services: A Focus on Fresh Water |
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625 | (9) |
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Regulating Services: A Focus on Disease Regulation |
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634 | (8) |
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Support Services: A Focus on Genetic Diversity |
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642 | (10) |
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The Economics of Ecosystem Services |
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652 | (7) |
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Technological Substitution and Augmentation of Ecosystem Services |
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659 | (11) |
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Conservation of Ecosystem Services |
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670 | (9) |
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679 | (82) |
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Biological Control: Theory and Practice |
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683 | (6) |
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689 | (6) |
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695 | (6) |
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Managing the Global Water System |
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701 | (11) |
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Managing Nutrient Mobilization and Eutrophication |
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712 | (6) |
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Managing Infectious Diseases |
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718 | (6) |
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Agriculture, Land Use, and the Transformation of Planet Earth |
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724 | (7) |
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The Ecology, Economics, and Management of Alien Invasive Species |
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731 | (9) |
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Ecological Economics: Principles of Economic Policy Design for Ecosystem Management |
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740 | (8) |
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Governance and Institutions |
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748 | (6) |
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Assessments: Linking Ecology to Policy |
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754 | (7) |
Milestones in Ecology |
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761 | (14) |
Glossary |
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775 | (18) |
Index |
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