The Energetics and Stability of Real and Model Systems

• Description

The central theme of this book is that patterns in the utilisation of energy result from the trophicinteractions among species, and that these patternsform the basis of ecosystem stability. The authorsintegrate the latest work on community dynamics,ecosystem energetics and stability, and in so doingattempt to dispel the categorisation of the field into theseparate subdisciplines of population, community andecosystem ecology. The book is indeed timely in that itrepresents the first attempt to bridge the gap betweenthe energetic and species approaches to ecology.