Publication

2000 - Academic Press

Language

English

Word Count

124,000 words, Guess

Page Count

496 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number99065100
  • LibraryThing2550926

Classifications

  • LCCQL496.4 .S56 2000

Description

"Key features: integrates individual, population, community, and ecosystem levels of ecological resolution; illustrates the relationship of insect ecology to disturbance dynamics and environmental change; relates metapopulation dynamics to ecosystem structure and function; demonstrates the ability of insect functional groups to affect ecosystem and global processes, such as primary production, biogeochemical cycling, and carbon flux; and provides a context for evolution as feedback between community modification of ecosystem conditions and selection of individual attributes regulating ecosystem conditions."--Jacket.

First Sentence

INSECTS ARE THE DOMINANT GROUP OF ORGANISMS ON EARTH, IN terms of both taxonomic diversity (>50% of all described species) and ecological function (Wilson, 1992) (Fig. 1.1).

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem ApproachAcademic Press2000-01-01
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