Suchergebnisse

1. Wake up and smell the coffee (or, A tale of two farms) -- 2. A biodiverse cup of coffee : coffee agroforests as repositories of tropical biodiversity -- 3. The coffee agroecosystem as a high-quality matrix -- 4. Space matters : large scale spatial ecology within the coffee agroecosystem -- 5. Who's eating whom and how : trophic and trait-mediated cascades in the coffee agroecosystem -- 6. Interactions across spatial scales -- 7. Biodiversity and ecosystem services -- 8. Coffee, the agroecological landscape, and farmer's livelihoods -- 9. Syndromes of coffee production : embracing sustainability.

Elementary population dynamics -- Projection matrices : structured models -- Applications of simple population models -- A closer look at the "dynamics" in population dynamics -- Patterns and dynamics in space -- Predator-prey (consumer-resource) interactions -- Disease ecology -- Competition -- Facilitation and mutualism -- What this book was about

Matrix matters: an overview -- The ecological background -- Ecological theory and political realities -- Historical patterns in agriculture -- Alternatives to the industrial model -- The broad social context: theoretical considerations -- The broad social context: practice -- Coffee production and biodiversity conservation -- Cacao and biodiversity: the historical development of a biodiversity landscape -- The production of food and the biodiversity connection -- The new paradigm.

The classic papers that laid the foundations of modern ecology alongside commentaries by noted ecologists. The period of 1970 to 1995 was a time of tremendous change in all areas of ecology—from an increased rigor for experimental design and analysis to the reevaluation of paradigms, new models for understanding, and theoretical advances. Edited by ecologists Thomas E. Miller and Joseph Travis, Foundations of Ecology II includes facsimiles of forty-six papers from this period alongside expert commentaries that discuss a total of fifty-three key studies, addressing topics of diversity, predation, complexity, competition, coexistence, extinction, productivity, resources, distribution, abundance, and conservation. The result is more than a catalog of historic firsts; this book offers diverse perspectives on the foundational papers that led to today's ecological work. Like this book's 1991 predecessor, Foundations of Ecology edited by Leslie A. Real and James H. Brown, Foundations of Ecology II promises to be the essential primer for graduate students and practicing ecologists for decades to come