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Patch Dynamics

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Simon A. Levin

    1. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Eno Hall, Princeton, USA

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  2. Thomas M. Powell

    1. Division of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA

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  3. John W. Steele

    1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics (LNBM, volume 96)

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-XIII
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  2. Comparing Terrestrial and Marine Ecological Systems

    1. Comparing Terrestrial and Marine Ecological Systems

      • John H. Steele, Steven R. Carpenter, Joel E. Cohen, Paul K. Dayton, Robert E. Ricklefs
      Pages 1-12

  3. Methods and Descriptions: An Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-15
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    2. Introduction to Spatial Statistics

      • Frank W. Davis
      Pages 16-26

    3. The Spatial Nature of Soil Variability and Its Implications for Field Studies

      • Harold M. van Es
      Pages 27-36

    4. Phytoplankton Patchiness: Ecological Implications and Observation Methods

      • Mark R. Abbott
      Pages 37-49

    5. Measuring the Fate of Patches in the Water: Larval Dispersal

      • Mimi A. R. Koehl, Thomas M. Powell, Geoff Dairiki
      Pages 50-60

    6. Determining Process Through Pattern: Reality or Fantasy?

      • Kirk A. Moloney
      Pages 61-69

    7. Description and Analysis of Spatial Patterns

      • Graciela García-Moliner, Doran M. Mason, Charles H. Greene, Agustín Lobo, Bai-lian Li, Jianguo Wu et al.
      Pages 70-89

  4. Concepts and Models: An Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 90-92
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    2. Ecological Interactions in Patchy Environments: From Patch-Occupancy Models to Cellular Automata

      • Hal Caswell, Ron J. Etter
      Pages 93-109

    3. Spatial Aggregation Arising from Convective Processes

      • Sidney Leibovich
      Pages 110-124

    4. Two-Patch Metapopulation Dynamics

      • Roger M. Nisbet, Cheryl J. Briggs, William S. C. Gurney, William W. Murdoch, Allan Stewart-Oaten
      Pages 125-135

    5. Coupling of Circulation and Marine Ecosystem Models

      • Eileen E. Hofmann
      Pages 136-161

    6. An Invitation to Structured (Meta)Population Models

      • Odo Diekmann
      Pages 162-175

    7. Stochastic Models of Growth and Competition

      • Richard Durrett
      Pages 176-183

    8. Mechanisms of Patch Formation

      • Douglas H. Deutschman, Gay A. Bradshaw, W. Michael Childress, Kendra L. Daly, Daniel Grünbaum, Mercedes Pascual et al.
      Pages 184-209

  5. Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences: An Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 210-212
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    2. The Ocean Carbon Cycle and Climate Change: An Analysis of Interconnected Scales

      • Kenneth L. Denman
      Pages 213-223

    3. Shifting Mosaic Metapopulation Dynamics

      • James S. Clark
      Pages 224-246
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From the preface by Joel E. Cohen: "A century from now humanity will live in a managed - or mismanaged - global garden. We are debating the need to preserve tropical forests. Farming of the sea is providing an increasing part of our fish supply. We are beginning to control atmospheric emissions. In 100 years, we shall use novel farming practices and genetic engineering of bacteria to manipulate the methane production of rice fields. The continental shelf will be providing food, energy, possibly even living space. To make such intensive management possible will require massive improvements in data collection and analysis, and especially in our concepts. A century hence we will live on a wired earth: the oceans and the crust of the earth will receive the same comprehensive monitoring now devoted to weather. As the peoples of currently developing countries increase their levels of wealth, the need for global management will become irresistible as impatience with the accidents of nature and intolerance of mismanagement of the environment - especially of living resources - grow. Our control of physical perturbations and chemical inputs to the environment will be judged by the consequences to living organisms and biological communities. How can we obtain the factual and theoretical foundation needed to move from our present, fragmented knowledge and limited abilities to a managed, global garden?" This problem was addressed in the lectures and workshops of a summer school on patch dynamics at Cornell University. The school emphasized the analysis and interpretation of spatial patterns in terrestrial and marine environments. This book contains the course material of this school, combining general reviews with specific applications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Eno Hall, Princeton, USA

    Simon A. Levin

  • Division of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA

    Thomas M. Powell

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

    John W. Steele

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Patch Dynamics

  • Editors: Simon A. Levin, Thomas M. Powell, John W. Steele

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50155-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-56525-3Published: 12 May 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-50155-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0341-633X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 324

  • Number of Illustrations: 201 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ecology, Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation

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