Unifying Concepts in Ecology Report of the plenary sessions of the First international congress of ecology, The Hague, the Netherlands, September 8–14, 1974
The complexity of ecosystems forms perhaps the greatest challenge for natural science. Even the first step to comprehensive analysis, namely a survey of the participating species, often forms a major obstacle. This makes it understandable that ecologists try to abstract general principles from the i...
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1975, 1975
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Table of Contents:
- Session 3 Diversity, stability and maturity in natural ecosystems
- G. H. Orians: Diversity, stability and maturity in natural ecosystems
- R. Margalef: Diversity, stability and maturity in natural ecosystems
- R. H. May: Stability in ecosystems: some comments
- R. H. Whittaker: The design and stability of some plant communities
- Session 4 Diversity, stability and maturity in ecosystems influenced by human activities
- J. Jacobs: Diversity, stability and maturity in ecosystems influenced by human activities
- J. Harte & D. Levy: On the vulnerability of ecosystems disturbed by man
- M. Alexander: Response of natural microbial communities to human activities
- C. O. Tamm: A short comment
- Session 5 Strategies for management of natural and man-made ecosystems
- J. D. Ovington: Strategies for management of natural and man-made ecosystems
- C. S. Holling & W. C.Clark: Notes towards a science of ecological management
- W. H. L. Allsopp: Management strategies in some problematic tropical fisheries
- E. van der Maarel: Man-made natural ecosystems in environmental management and planning
- O. Soemarwoto: Rural ecology and development in Java
- Author Index
- Session 1 Flow of energy and matter between trophic levels
- E. P. Odum: Diversity as a function of energy flow
- F. H. Rigler: The concept of energy flow and nutrient flow between trophic levels
- D. E. Reichle, R. V. O’Neill & W. F. Harris: Principles of energy and material exchange in ecosystems
- H. Veldkamp: The role of bacteria in energy flow and nutrient cycling
- S. S. Schwarz: The flow of energy and matter between trophic levels (with special reference to the higher levels)
- Session 2 Comparative productivity in ecosystems
- F. E. Wielgolaski: Comparative productivity of ecosystems: an introduction
- H. Lieth: Primary productivity in ecosystems: comparative analysis of global patterns
- O. W. Heal & S. F. MacLean Jnr: Comparative productivity in ecosystems -secondary productivity
- L. Ryszkowski: Energy and matter economy of ecosystems
- M. Shilo: Factors involved in dynamics of algal blooms in nature