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Fundamental Processes in Ecology - An Earth Systems Approach (Paperback)
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Fundamental Processes in Ecology presents a way to study ecosystems
that is not yet available in ecology textbooks but is resonant with
current thinking in the emerging fields of geobiology and Earth
System Science. It provides an alternative, process-based
classification of ecology and proposes a truly planetary view of
ecological science. To achieve this, it asks (and endeavours to
answer) the question, "what are the fundamental ecological
processes which would be found on any planet with Earth-like,
carbon based, life?"
The author demonstrates how the idea of fundamental ecological
processes can be developed at the systems level, specifically their
involvement in control and feedback mechanisms. This approach
allows us to reconsider basic ecological ideas such as energy flow,
guilds, trade-offs, carbon cycling and photosynthesis; and to put
these in a global context. In doing so, the book puts a much
stronger emphasis on microorganisms than has traditionally been the
case.
The integration of Earth System Science with ecology is vitally
important if ecological science is to successfully contribute to
the massive problems and future challenges associated with global
change. Although the approach is heavily influenced by Lovelock's
Gaia hypothesis, this is not a popular science book about Gaian
theory. Instead it is written as an accessible text for graduate
student seminar courses and researchers in the fields of ecology,
earth system science, evolutionary biology, palaeontology, history
of life, astrobiology, geology and physical geography.
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