Bøger i Ecological Reviews serien

To understand how tropical ecosystems work we need to appreciate how the organisms within them interact with each other. This volume, first published in 2005, synthesises the state of knowledge in this area, providing reviews or case studies from both Old and New World tropics and dealing with taxa at all trophic levels.

Scaling rules offer one possible framework for describing the distribution of species, and here a synthesis of the ways in which scaling theory can be applied to the analysis of biodiversity is described. Scaling Biodiversity will be of interest to researchers in the field of ecology.

Ecologists have long struggled to predict features of ecological systems, such as the numbers and diversity of organisms. In this 2007 book, the importance of body size is emerging as key to prediction and is examined at a range of scales that will be of interest to students, senior researchers and professional ecologists.

Written for graduate students and academic researchers, this book brings together viewpoints from leading ecologists and evolutionary biologists in order to promote a broader understanding of the interaction between mechanisms and rates of speciation and these patterns in biological diversity.

An interdisciplinary analysis of the ecological impact of industrial pollution, from causes and effects to monitoring techniques and ecosystem recovery.

What can ecological science contribute to the sustainable management and conservation of the natural systems that underpin human well-being? Written for researchers and graduate students in ecology and environmental management, this book shows how ecosystem ecology can inform the ecosystem services approach as well as mainstream ecological and social science.

What can ecological science contribute to the sustainable management and conservation of the natural systems that underpin human well-being? Written for researchers and graduate students in ecology and environmental management, this book shows how ecosystem ecology can inform the ecosystem services approach as well as mainstream ecological and social science.

Exploring examples from urban settlements around the world, this book provides an overview of the essentials of urban ecology. It explores how species respond to urbanisation and illustrates the intimate links between people and ecological pattern and process in urban areas.

Exploring examples from urban settlements around the world, this book provides an overview of the essentials of urban ecology. It explores how species respond to urbanisation and illustrates the intimate links between people and ecological pattern and process in urban areas.

This volume provides valuable information for students, academics and practitioners with an interest in how forests respond to global change phenomena such as climate, atmospheric composition, land-use change and forest fragmentation. Presenting research from temperate and tropical ecosystems, the authors highlight their latest findings from plots, satellites and models.