Ecosystem engineers : plants to protists / [editors] Kim Cuddington ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cuddington, Kim.

Series:

Theoretical ecology series.

Theoretical ecology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Habitat (Ecology)--Modification.

Habitat (Ecology).

Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first book entirely devoted to this topic, Ecosystem Engineers begins with the history of the concept, presenting opposing definitions of ecosystem engineering. These varied definitions advance the debate and move past trivial difficulties to crystallize key issues such as the value of process-based vs. outcome-based. Authors include case studies spanning a wide spectrum of species and habitats, including above and below-ground, aquatic and terrestrial, and extant and paleontological examples. These studies enable readers to understand how the categorization of species as ecosystem e

Contents:

Front cover; Ecosystem Engineers, Plants to Protists; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; Section I: HISTORY AND DEFINITIONS OF ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; Chapter 1: ON THE PURPOSE, MEANING, AND USAGE OF THE PHYSICAL ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING CONCEPT; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 ON THE DEFINITION; 1.3 ON PROCESS UBIQUITY; 1.4 ON EFFECT MAGNITUDE AND SIGNIFICANCE; 1.5 ON USAGE; 1.6 ON BREADTH AND UTILITY; 1.7 ON THE UNDERLYING PERSPECTIVE; 1.8 A CONCLUDING REMARK ON CONCEPT AND THEORY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING

2.1 INTRODUCTION2.2 SOIL AND SEDIMENT PROCESSES; 2.3 SUCCESSION; 2.4 MICROCLIMATE MODIFICATION, FACILITATION, AND INHIBITION; 2.5 HABITAT CREATION; 2.6 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: A NEW SPIRIT AND CONCEPT FOR ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING?; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 A SHORT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; 3.3 A CONNECTION WITH KEYSTONE SPECIES?; 3.4 A UNIQUE FEATURE FOR ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING?; 3.5 A SELECTIVE ARGUMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING?; 3.6 DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING: UTILITY, CONTENTION, AND PROGRESS; REFERENCES

Section II: EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS Chapter 5: EARTHWORMS AS KEY ACTORS IN SELF-ORGANIZED SOIL SYSTEMS; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 ADAPTATION OF EARTHWORMS AND OTHER ORGANISMS TO SOIL CONSTRAINTS: THE POWER OF MUTUALISM; 5.3 THE DRILOSPHERE AS A SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEM; 5.4 HARNESSING THE DRILOSPHERE TO RESTORE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS IN DEGRADED SOILS; 5.5 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: MICROHABITAT MANIPULATION: ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING BY SHELTER-BUILDING INSECTS; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 SHELTERS AND SHELTER-BUILDERS; 6.3 LEAF SHELTERS AS HABITATS FOR ARTHROPODS

6.4 ENGINEERING EFFECTS ON ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES6.5 PROSPECTUS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: CARPOBROTUS AS A CASE STUDY OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF SPECIES IMPACTS; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 CARPOBROTUS AS AN ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER; 7.3 DISCUSSION; 7.4 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING IN THE FOSSIL RECORD: EARLY EXAMPLES FROM THE CAMBRIAN PERIOD; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 PALEOCOMMUNITY RECONSTRUCTION; 8.3 IDENTIFYING ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS IN THE FOSSIL RECORD; 8.4 SETTING THE STAGE: THE CAMBRIAN PERIOD; 8.5 EARLY METAZOAN ALLOGENIC ENGINEERS

8.6 EARLY METAZOAN AUTOGENIC ENGINEERS8.7 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9: HABITAT CONVERSION ASSOCIATED WITH BIOERODING MARINE ISOPODS; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 SPHAEROMA QUOIANUM; 9.3 SPHAEROMA TEREBRANS; 9.4 LIMNORIA SPP.; 9.5 LESSONS AND IMPLICATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 10: SYNTHESIS: LESSONS FROM DISPARATE ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS; REFERENCES; Section III: THEORIES AND MODELS; Chapter 11: COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: RESULTS OF LOTKA-VOLTERRA COMMUNITY THEORY; 11.1 INTRODUCTION; 11.2 LOTKA-VOLTERRA COMMUNITY MODEL; 11.3 DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-11910-5

9786611119102

0-08-054847-4

OCLC:

476083090