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Encyclopedia of Ecology
2nd Edition - August 23, 2018
Author: Brian D. Fath
Hardback ISBN:9780444637680
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eBook ISBN:9780444641304
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Encyclopedia of Ecology, Second Edition, Four Volume Set continues the acclaimed work of the previous edition published in 2008. It covers all scales of biological organization,… Read more
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Encyclopedia of Ecology, Second Edition, Four Volume Set continues the acclaimed work of the previous edition published in 2008. It covers all scales of biological organization, from organisms, to populations, to communities and ecosystems. Laboratory, field, simulation modelling, and theoretical approaches are presented to show how living systems sustain structure and function in space and time. New areas of focus include micro- and macro scales, molecular and genetic ecology, and global ecology (e.g., climate change, earth transformations, ecosystem services, and the food-water-energy nexus) are included. In addition, new, international experts in ecology contribute on a variety of topics.
Offers the most broad-ranging and comprehensive resource available in the field of ecology
Provides foundational content and suggests further reading
Incorporates the expertise of over 500 outstanding investigators in the field of ecology, including top young scientists with both research and teaching experience
Includes multimedia resources, such as an Interactive Map Viewer and links to a CSDMS (Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System), an open-source platform for modelers to share and link models dealing with earth system processes
Upper-undergraduate and graduate students looking for introduction to a broad array of topics in ecology, as well as professionals looking for a refresher on this material. These primarily include researchers in environmental and life sciences. Furthermore, this work will be of interest to applied practitioners (scientists and non-scientists) working in environmental management. More and more professions deal with the effective management of ecological resources such as climate impacts, conservation, food production, water and air quality, etc. This work will serve the purpose of providing them with sufficient knowledge of ecological sciences to effectively support their decisions
Volume 1
Section: Aquatic Ecology
Abundance Biomass Comparison Method
Acidification in Aquatic Systems
Constructed Wetlands For Wastewater Treatment
Dead zones: Low Oxygen in Coastal Waters
Deep Sea Ecology
Ecosystem Health Indicators: Freshwater Environments
Equilibrium Concept in Phytoplankton Communities
Estuarine Ecohydrology
The Estuarine Quality Paradox Concept
Eutrophication
Freshwater Aquaculture
Intertidal Zonation
Maximum Sustainable Yield
Micro- and macroplastics in aquatic ecosystems
Microbial Communities
Section: Behavioral Ecology
Age Structure and Population Dynamics
Altruism
Animal Home Ranges
Anti-predation behavior
Biological Rhythms
Competition
Dispersal-Migration
Environmental Stress and Evolutionary Change
Food Specialization
Habitat Mapping
Habitat Selection and Habitat Suitability Preferences
Herbivore-Predator Cycles
Hierarchy and Dominance
Imprinting
Kin Selection
Learning
The Marginal Value Theorem in a nutshell
Mating Systems
Optimal Foraging Theory
Orientation, Navigation, and Search
Parental Care
Sexual selection and sexual conflict
Social Behavior and Interactions
Thermoregulation in Animals: Some Fundamentals of Thermal Biology
Section: Conservation Ecology
Biodiversity Indices
Biological Integrity
Biomagnification
Biotopes
Connectivity & Ecological Corridors
Conservation Biological Control and Biopesticides in Agricultural
Conservation Genetics
Ecological Health Indicators
Ecological Risk Assessment
Ecosystem Health Indicators
Ecotoxicology: The Gistory and Present Direction
Endangered Species
Invasive Plant Species
k-Dominance Curves
Polychaetes/Amphipode Index
Protected area
Reintroduction
Source Sink
Spatial Subsidy
System Omnivory Index
Trophic classification for lakes
Trophic Index and Efficiency
Turnover Time
Wildlife Ecology
Volume 2
Section: Ecological Complexity
Cellular Automata
Chaos
Citizen Science
Complex Ecological Networks
Complex Systems
Cybernetics
Ecological Data Archiving and Sharing
Ecological Indicators: Connectance and Connectivity
Ecological Informatics: Overview
Emergent Properties
Goal Functions and orientors
Hierarchy theory in ecology
Panarchy
Population Dynamics: Stability
Self-organization
Systems Ecology
Systems Ecology: Ecological Network Analysis
Thermodynamics in Ecology
Section: Ecological Data Analysis and Modelling
Agriculture Models
Biogeochemical Models
Carbon Biogeochemical Cycle and Consequences of Climate Changes
Climate Change Models
Conceptual and Flow Diagrams
Ecological data archiving and sharing
Ecological Models: Individual-Based Models
Ecological Models: Model Development and Analysis
Forest Models
Fuzzy Logic
Grassland Models
Lake Models
Mediated Modeling/Participatory Modeling
Metapopulation Models
Model Evaluation: Sensitivity, Calibration, Validation, Verification
Modeling Dispersal Processes for Ecological Systems
Modules and integrated modeling
Overview of Model Types (Model Types - Overview)
Parameterization
Spatial modeling
Species Distribution Modeling
Statistical Inference
Structural Dynamic Models
Visualization as a tool for ecological analysis
Watershed Models
Section: Ecological Processes
Acidification
Allometric Theory: Extrapolations from Individuals to Ecosystems
Ammonification
Biological nitrogen fixation
Decomposition and mineralization
Erosion
Evapotranspiration
Evolutionary Ecology: Evolution of Parasitism
Fermentation
Grazing
Greenhouse gases formation
Gross and Net Production in Different Environments
Light Extinction
Nitrification
Physical Transport Processes in Ecology: Advection, Diffusion, and Dispersion
Predation and its effects on individuals: from individual to species
Succession and Colonization
Volatilization
Waves as an Ecological Process
Wind Effects
Volume 3
Section: Ecosystems
Agriculture Systems
Alpine Ecosystems and the High-Elevation Treeline
Caves
Chaparral
Coral Reefs
Desert Streams
Deserts
Dunes
Ecosystems
Ecosystems: The Boreal Forest Ecosystem
Estuaries
Floodplains
Forest Plantations
Freshwater Lakes
Freshwater Marshes
Greenhouses, Microcosms, and Mesocosms
Lagoons
Mangrove Wetlands
Peatlands
Polar Terrestrial Ecology
Riparian Wetlands
Rivers and Streams: Ecosystem Dynamics and Integrating Paradigms
Rivers and Streams: Physical Setting and Adapted Biota
Rocky Intertidal Zone
Salt Marshes
Savanna
Steppes and Prairies
Swamps
Temperate Forest
Temporary Waters
Tropical Ecology
Tropical Rainforest
Tropical Seasonal Forest
Tundra
Upwelling Ecosystems
Section: Evolutionary Ecology
Adaptation
Allee effects
Association
Body Size, Energetics, and Evolution
Clines
Coevolution
Coexistence
Colonization
Dominance and its Evolution
Eco-Immunology: Past, Present, and Future
Eco-evolutionary dynamics
Ecological Niche
Endemism
Evolutionary Ecology
Fecundity
Fitness
Gause's Competitive Exclusion Principle
Genetic Drift
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Isolation
Life History Patterns
Limiting Factors and Liebig's Principle
Macroevolution
Metacommunities
Metagenomics
Microbiome / Hologenome
Natural Selection
Phylogenomics and Phylogenetics
Pioneer Species
r-strategists/K-strategists
Red Queen Dynamics
Units of Selection
Section: General Ecology
Abundance
Age-Class Models
Allopatry
Animal Physiology
Applied Ecology
Biodiversity
Biomass
Carrying capacity
Communication
Community
Conbiota
Cooperation
Demography
Detritus
Dominance
Dormancy
Ecological Effects of Acidic Deposition
Ecological Efficiency
Ecological stoichiometry
Ecophysiology
Ecosystems
Edaphic Factor
Endotherm
Epiflora and Epifauna
Generation Time
Growth Constraints: Michaelis–Menten Equation and Liebig's Law
Growth Models
Habitat
History of Ecology
Homeotherms
Hunting
The Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis
Keystone species & Keystoneness
Leaf Area Index
Metabolic Theories in Ecology: The Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) Theory and the Metabolic Theory of Ecology (MTE)
Microclimate
Migration and Movement
Monocultures versus Polycultures
Numerical Ecology
Paleoecology
Parasites
Philosophy of Ecology: Overview
Phytosociology
Plant Ecology
Plant Physiology
Poikilotherms
Pollination
Principal Components Analysis
Rhizosphere Ecology
Salinity
Scavengers
Seasonality
Seed Dispersal
Soil Ecology
Stable Isotope Ecology
Succession
Suspension Feeders
Synecology
Temperature Regulation
Tolerance Range
Trophic Structure
Water Availability
Volume 4
Section: Global Change Ecology
Anthropospheric and Anthropogenic Impact on the Biosphere
Biogeocoenosis as an Elementary Unit of Biogeochemical Work in the Biosphere
Biosphere: Vernadsky's Concept
Climate Change 1: Short-Term Dynamics
Climate Change 2: Long-Term Dynamics
Climate Change Ecology
Deforestation
Earth Climate as a complex system: laws and scales
Energy Balance
Energy Flows in the Biosphere
Entropy and Entropy Flows in the Biosphere
Environmental and Biospheric Impacts of Nuclear War
Gaia Hypothesis
Global Change Ecology
Iron Cycle
Material and Metal Ecology
Microbial Cycles
Nitrogen Cycle
Noosphere
Oxygen Cycle
Paleoclimatology
Pedosphere
Phenomenon of Life: General Aspects
Phosphorus Cycle
Sulfur Cycle
Sustainable Cropping Systems
Urbanization as a Global Ecological Process
Water Cycle
Xenobiotic (Pesticides, PCB, Dioxins) Cycles
Section: Human Ecology
Adaptive Management and Integrative assessments
Anthropocene
Biophilia
Carbon Footprint
Ecological Economics 1
Ecological Economics 2
Ecological Footprint
Ecological Systems Thinking
Ecosystem Services Evaluation
Emergy
Emergy and Network Analysis
Energy Returned on Energy Invested
Environmental Protection and Ecology
Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Human Ecology: Overview
Human Population Growth
Industrial Ecology
ISEW-GPI
Life-Cycle Assessment
Limits to Growth
Nitrogen Footprints
Ozone Layer
Political Ecology
Precaution and Ecological Risk
Remote Sensing
Resilience
Socioecological Systems
Sustainable Development Goals
System Sustainability
Tragedy of the Ecological Commons
Urban Metabolism
Urban Systems
Section: Terrestrial and Landscape Ecology
Agroforestry
Anthropogenic Landscapes
Buffer Zones
Classical and Augmentative Biological Control
Ecological Engineering: Design Principles
Ecological Engineering: Overview
Forestry Management
Integrated Farming Systems
Island Biogeography
Landscape Ecology
Landscape Planning
Microcosms
Organic Farming
Permaculture
Phytoremediation
Plant Demography
Spatial Distribution
Thermodynamic Properties of Landscape Cover
Subject Index
No. of pages: 2780
Language: English
Published: August 23, 2018
Imprint: Elsevier
Hardback ISBN: 9780444637680
eBook ISBN: 9780444641304
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Brian D. Fath
Brian D. Fath is Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Towson University (Maryland, USA) and Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Laxenburg, Austria). He has published over 180 research papers, reports, and book chapters on environmental systems modeling, specifically in the areas of network analysis, resilience, and sustainability. He co-authored the books Foundations for Sustainability: A Coherent Framework of Life–Environment Relations (2018) and Flourishing Within Limits to Growth: Following nature’s way (2015). He is also Editor-in-Chief for the journal Ecological Modelling. Dr. Fath was the 2016 recipient of the Prigogine Medal for outstanding work in systems ecology, and held a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Parthenope University (Naples, Italy) in 2012.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Towson University, MD, USA Senior Research Scholar, Advanced Systems Analysis Program, IIASA, Austria