Ecology. From Ecosystem to Biosphere
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Author(s): C. Lévêque
Publisher: Science Publishers
ISBN: 1578082943
Format: hardback
472pp
Price: $59.00
Review Date: 23 December 2003
Review: Ecosystem ecology is a mix of life sciences and earth sciences and involves a number of disciplines that include zoology, biology, botany, geology, climatology and hydrology. This book begins by covering the state-of-the-art of ecosystem ecology on both local and global scales. It goes on to look at the structure and organization of ecosystems and their variability. The third part of the book addresses how ecosystems function, their dynamics, energy flows and biogeochemical cycles. Finally, the last part discusses global ecology, in particular the climate and its changes, and the biosphere–atmosphere interaction.