Ecological Heterogeneity edited by Jurek Kolasa, Steward T.A. Pickett.

An attractive, promising, and frustrating feature of ecology is its complex­ ity, both conceptual and observational. Increasing acknowledgment of the importance of scale testifies to the shifting focus in large areas of ecology. In the rush to explore problems of scale, another general aspect of eco...

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Other Authors: Kolasa, Jurek (Editor), Pickett, Steward T.A (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1991.
Edition:1st ed. 1991.
Series:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 86
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505 0 |a 1. Introduction: The Heterogeneity of Heterogeneity: A Glossary -- 2. Concept and Terminology of Homogeneity and Heterogeneity in Ecology -- 3. Role of Heterogeneity in Scaling of Ecological Systems Under Analysis -- 4. Heterogeneity as a Multiscale Characteristic of Landscapes -- 5. Heterogeneity and Spatial Hierarchies -- 6. Communities in Patchy Environments: A Model of Disturbance, Competition, and Heterogeneity -- 7. Stochastic Population Models -- 8. Managing and Monitoring Ecosystems in the Face of Heterogeneity -- 9. Biological Heterogeneity in Aquatic Ecosystems -- 10. Working with Heterogeneity: An Operator’s Guide to Environmental Gradients -- 11. Relations Among Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity, Population Abundance, and Variability in a Desert -- 12. Ecological Consequences of Heterogeneity of Consumable Resources -- 13. Spatial Heterogeneity During Succession: A Cyclic Model of Invasion and Exclusion -- 14. Physical Heterogeneity and the Organization of Marine Communities. 
520 |a An attractive, promising, and frustrating feature of ecology is its complex­ ity, both conceptual and observational. Increasing acknowledgment of the importance of scale testifies to the shifting focus in large areas of ecology. In the rush to explore problems of scale, another general aspect of ecolog­ ical systems has been given less attention. This aspect, equally important, is heterogeneity. Its importance lies in the ubiquity of heterogeneity as a feature of ecological systems and in the number of questions it raises­ questions to which answers are not readily available. What is heterogeneity? Does it differ from complexity? What dimensions need be considered to evaluate heterogeneity ade­ quately? Can heterogeneity be measured at various scales? Is heterogeneity apart of organization of ecological systems? How does it change in time and space? What are the causes of heterogeneity and causes of its change? This volume attempts to answer these questions. It is devoted to iden­ tification of the meaning, range of applications, problems, and methodol­ ogy associated with the study of heterogeneity. The coverage is thus broad and rich, and the contributing authors have been encouraged to range widely in discussions and reflections. vi Preface The chapters are grouped into themes. The first group focuses on the conceptual foundations (Chapters 1-5). These papers exarnine the meaning of the term, historical developments, and relations to scale. The second theme is modeling population and interspecific interactions in hetero­ geneous environments (Chapters 6 and 7). 
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