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Global change in multispecies systems
Title statement Global change in multispecies systems / Guy Woodward, Ute Jacob Personal name Woodward, Guy (author) Publication San Diego : Elsevier Science, 2012 Phys.des. 1 online zdroj ISBN 9780123972934 (online ; pdf) 0123972930 9780124172104 0124172105 Edition Advances in ecological research ; vol. 46 Contents Front Cover; Global Change in Multispecies Systems: Part 3; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface: Editorial Commentary: Monitoring, Manipulation and Modelling of Ecological Responses to Global Change in Multispec ... ; References; Chapter 1: Ecosystems and Their Services in a Changing World: An Ecological Perspective; 1. Introduction; 2. The Changing Concept of the Ecosystem; 2.1. The biophysical ecosystem; 2.2. The rise of ecosystem services; 2.3. Exploring the linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Content note 3. Putting the System Back in Ecosystem: Systems Analysis, Stocks and Flows3.1. Systems analysis and systems ecology; 3.2. Related concepts of natural capital; 3.3. A mass-balance approach to biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships; 3.4. Linking flows of services to the spatial extent of stocks; 3.5. Stocks and flows: An ecosystem health perspective; 3.6. An alternative approach: Emergy; 4. Issues of Scale; 4.1. Constraint 1. A need to achieve maximum plot replication over a restricted spatial extent.. 4.2. Constraint 2. Practical difficulties in measuring all variables at the appropriate scale4.3. Constraint 3. Time issues: Difficulties in maintaining larger plots for longer periods; 5. Extending Ecosystem Science; 5.1. The policy-appraisal arena; 5.2. Ecosystem science and economic analysis; 5.3. Ecosystem science and the qualitative social sciences; 5.4. Ecological science and interdisciplinarity; 5.5. Monitoring and evaluation of ecosystems in an interdisciplinary context; 5.6. Moving towards an integrated approach; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References.. Chapter 1: Mesocosm Experiments as a Tool for Ecological Climate-Change Research1. Introduction; 1.1. Placing mesocosms in the context of ecological climate-change research; 1.2. Balancing control, replication, and realism in mesocosm experiments; 1.3. Development of the mesocosm approach in climate-change research; 2. Mesocosm Approaches in Different Habitats; 2.1. Marine, coastal, and estuarine ecosystems; 2.2. Freshwater mesocosms in lentic and lotic ecosystems; 2.3. Terrestrial mesocosms and Ecotrons; 3. What Do We Know So Far: Generalities or Idiosyncratic Effects?; 4. Future Directions.. 4.1. New drivers and experimental designs4.2. Future directions: New responses; 4.3. Future directions: Implementing a more strategic approach to experimental climate-change research; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Appendix1. Photographic Credits for Fig. 1; Appendix2. Literature Search for Database Construction; Appendix3. Construction of the Database; Appendix4. Analysis of the Database; Appendix5. Database; Appendix6. List of Papers Used to Construct the Database; References (Note: see Appendix6 for publications that are included in the database). Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web Defekty eBooks on EBSCOhost Another responsib. Jacob, Ute (author) Subj. Headings biologie biology * environmentální aspekty environmental aspects Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Conspect 57/59 - Biologické vědy UDC 502/504 , 57/59 , (0.034.2:08) Country Kalifornie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic sources URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=493710 book
Global Change in Multispecies Systems: Part I.
Front Cover; Global Change in Multispecies Systems: Part 3; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface: Editorial Commentary: Monitoring, Manipulation and Modelling of Ecological Responses to Global Change in Multispec ... ; References; Chapter 1: Ecosystems and Their Services in a Changing World: An Ecological Perspective; 1. Introduction; 2. The Changing Concept of the Ecosystem; 2.1. The biophysical ecosystem; 2.2. The rise of ecosystem services; 2.3. Exploring the linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.3. Putting the System Back in Ecosystem: Systems Analysis, Stocks and Flows3.1. Systems analysis and systems ecology; 3.2. Related concepts of natural capital; 3.3. A mass-balance approach to biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships; 3.4. Linking flows of services to the spatial extent of stocks; 3.5. Stocks and flows: An ecosystem health perspective; 3.6. An alternative approach: Emergy; 4. Issues of Scale; 4.1. Constraint 1. A need to achieve maximum plot replication over a restricted spatial extent.4.2. Constraint 2. Practical difficulties in measuring all variables at the appropriate scale4.3. Constraint 3. Time issues: Difficulties in maintaining larger plots for longer periods; 5. Extending Ecosystem Science; 5.1. The policy-appraisal arena; 5.2. Ecosystem science and economic analysis; 5.3. Ecosystem science and the qualitative social sciences; 5.4. Ecological science and interdisciplinarity; 5.5. Monitoring and evaluation of ecosystems in an interdisciplinary context; 5.6. Moving towards an integrated approach; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References.Chapter 1: Mesocosm Experiments as a Tool for Ecological Climate-Change Research1. Introduction; 1.1. Placing mesocosms in the context of ecological climate-change research; 1.2. Balancing control, replication, and realism in mesocosm experiments; 1.3. Development of the mesocosm approach in climate-change research; 2. Mesocosm Approaches in Different Habitats; 2.1. Marine, coastal, and estuarine ecosystems; 2.2. Freshwater mesocosms in lentic and lotic ecosystems; 2.3. Terrestrial mesocosms and Ecotrons; 3. What Do We Know So Far: Generalities or Idiosyncratic Effects?; 4. Future Directions.4.1. New drivers and experimental designs4.2. Future directions: New responses; 4.3. Future directions: Implementing a more strategic approach to experimental climate-change research; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Appendix1. Photographic Credits for Fig. 1; Appendix2. Literature Search for Database Construction; Appendix3. Construction of the Database; Appendix4. Analysis of the Database; Appendix5. Database; Appendix6. List of Papers Used to Construct the Database; References (Note: see Appendix6 for publications that are included in the database).
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