Ecology from ecosystem to biosphere

by Lévêque, C.

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Full title :Ecology from ecosystem to biosphere / Christian Lévéque.

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Publication Date:2003

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Publisher(s):Science Publishers Inc
Place of Publication:Enfield, New Hampshire
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003

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"A Science Publishers book."

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781482294354, 1482294354
oclc:on1035158282
LC Classification:QH541
Dewey Decimal:577

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: The ""natures"" of ecology; 1.1 The birth certificate; 1.2 Is ecology a science?; 1.3 Ecosystem ecology and/or population ecology?; 1.4 Ecosystem ecology: holism or reductionism?; 1.5 Scientific ecology, political ecology and environmental sciences; 1.6 Ecology and the media; Part I: Elaboration of the Scientific Approach in Ecosystem Ecology; Chapter 2: Origin and evolution of the ecosystem concept; 2.1. The original main streams in ecology; 2.1.1. Humboldt's plant geography; 2.1.2. Towards phytosociology.

2.1.3. Towards synecology2.1.4. The American school: succession and climax; 2.1.5. Elton's pyramids; 2.2. The precursors of the ecosystem concept; 2.2.1. Forbes and the microcosm; 2.2.2. Thieneman and the Lebenseinheiten; 2.2.3. Karl Friederichs and the holocoen; 2.2.4. Sukachev and the biogeocoenosis; 2.3. Tansley and the roots of the ecosystem concept; 2.4. Implementation of the ecosystem concept: the tropho-dynamics approach; 2.4.1. Matter and energy cycles; 2.4.2. Biological production; 2.4.3. The International Biological Programme; 2.5. The ecosystem as an object of research.

2.6. Is th…