Overview
- A comprehensive range of topics, from environmental variability itself to its ecosystem-level impact
- A broad array of novel theoretical approaches
- Addresses the challenge at multiple scales; from individuals to ecosystems
Part of the book series: The Peter Yodzis Fundamental Ecology Series (PYFS, volume 2)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Fluctuations in the environmental conditions impacting life are ubiquitous. These fluctuations induce changes in the vital processes occurring within individual organisms (such as cellular metabolism) and the ecological processes occurring among individuals (such as competition, mutualism, and predation), ultimately leading to observable fluctuations in the commonly measured characteristics of ecological systems. From a very simple perspective, these processes are all modulators of environmental variability. We might best be able to understand the final form of this modulation – the impact of environmental variability on ecological systems - by building from an understanding of the responses of these life processes in isolation to an understanding of their responses in harmony. The impact of environmental variability on ecological systems is an issue that has been at the forefront of ecological research for many years. Research is taking place on many fronts, including theoretical mathematical based analyses, natural ecosystem observation and experimentation.
This book brings together contributions from these three fronts to provide readers with a comprehensive look at the challenges for ecological systems and ecological research alike.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Impact of Environmental Variability on Ecological Systems
Editors: D. A. Vasseur, K. S. McCann
Series Title: The Peter Yodzis Fundamental Ecology Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5851-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5850-9Published: 01 June 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7457-7Published: 30 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5851-6Published: 08 May 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 234
Topics: Ecology, Environment, general, Theoretical Ecology/Statistics, Ecosystems, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Biodiversity