Scaling in ecology with a model system /
Scale, the understanding of ecological phenomena through levels of biological organization across time and space, is one of most important concepts in ecology. It is often challenging for ecologists to find systems that lend themselves to study across scales. However, Sarracenia, a pitcher plant ind...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Monographs in population biology ;
64. |
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| Summary: | Scale, the understanding of ecological phenomena through levels of biological organization across time and space, is one of most important concepts in ecology. It is often challenging for ecologists to find systems that lend themselves to study across scales. However, Sarracenia, a pitcher plant indigenous to the eastern United States, is unique because it can be studied at a hierarchy of scales, individuals, communities and whole ecosystems. Ecologists Aaron Ellison and Nicolas Gotelli have studied Sarracenia for decades and, in this book, they synthesize their research and show how this system can inform the broad and challenging question of scaling in ecology. The authors' goal is to deepen the current understanding of major ecological processes, and how they operate across scales. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780691172705 0691172706 9780691222776 0691222770 |