Ecosystem ecology

Jorgensen's Ecosystem Ecology provides a thorough and comprehensive overview of the world's aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. This derivative volume based on the best-selling Encyclopedia of Ecology (published 2008) is the only book currently published that provides an overview of the world's ecosystems in a concise format. Provides an overview of the world's ecosystems in a concise formatCovers aquatic and terrestrial ecosystemsBased on the best-selling Encyclopedia of Ecology Full-color figures and tables support the text and aid in understanding Content: Ecosystem Ecology -- Ecological Systems Thinking -- Ecosystems -- Ecosystem Services -- Fundamental Laws in Ecology -- Autocatalysis -- Body Size Patterns -- Cycling and Cycling Indices -- Ecological Network Analysis, Ascendency -- Ecological Network Analysis, Energy Analysis -- Ecological Network Analysis, Environmental Analysis -- Indirect Effects in Ecology -- Emergent Properties -- Self-organization -- Ecological Complexity -- Hierarchy Theory in Ecology -- Goal Functions and Orientors -- Energy -- Overview of Ecosystem Types -- Coral Reefs -- Estuaries -- Freshwater Lakes -- Freshwater Marshes -- Lagoons -- Mangrove Wetlands -- Mediterranean -- Peatlands -- Riparian Wetlands -- Rivers and Streams : ecosystem dynamics and integrating paradigms -- Rivers and Streams : Physical setting and adapted biota -- Rocky Intertidal Zone -- Saline and Soda Lakes -- Salt Marshes -- Swamps -- Temporary Water -- Upwelling Ecosystems -- Agriculture Systems -- Alpine Ecosystems and the High-Elevation Treeline -- Alpine Forest -- Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems -- Boreal Forest -- Botanical Gardens -- Caves -- Chaparral -- Deserts -- Dunes -- Floodplains -- Forest Plantations -- Greenhouses, Microcosms and Mesocosms -- Landfills -- Polar Terrestrial Ecology -- Savanna -- Steppes and Prairies -- Temperate Forest -- Tropical Rainforest --Tropical Seasonal Forest -- Tundra -- Urban Systems -- Wind Shelterbelts. Abstract: Offers a comprehensive overview of the world's aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. This book features full-color figures and tables that support the text and aid in understanding. � Read more... Jorgensen's Ecosystem Ecology provides a thorough and comprehensive overview of the world’s aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. This derivative volume based on the best-selling Encyclopedia of Ecology (published 2008) is the only book currently published that provides an overview of the world’s ecosystems in a concise format.

Provides an overview of the world’s ecosystems in a concise format

Covers aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

Based on the best-selling Encyclopedia of Ecology

Full-color figures and tables support the text and aid in understanding