دانلود کتاب Unsolved Problems in Ecology

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Dedication
Contents
Preface xiAndrew Dobson, Robert D. Holt, and David Tilman
List of Contributors
Part I: Populations, Variability, and Scaling
Ecological Scaling in Space and Time: A New Tool in Plain Sight? • Elizabeth T. Borer
How Will Organisms Respond to Complex, Novel Environments? • Emilie C. Snell-Roodand Megan E. Kobiela
Variance-Explicit Ecology:A Call for Holistic Study of the Consequences of Variability at Multiple Scales • Marcel Holyoak and William C. Wetzel
Why Does Intra-Genotypic Variance Persist? • C. Jessica E. Metcalf and Julien F. Ayroles
Population Dynamics of Species with Complex Life Cycles • Andrew Dobson
What Determines Population Density? • Robert M. May
Part II: Population Biology and the Ecology of Individuals
Neglected Problemsin Ecology: Interdependence and Mutualism • Egbert Giles Leigh Jr.
Ecology “through the Looking Glass”: What Might Be the Ecological Consequences of Stopping Mutation? • Robert D. Holt
Ecologyand Evolution Is Hindered by the Lack of Individual-Based Data • Tim Coulson
Do Temperate and Tropical Birds Have Different Mating Systems? • Christina Riehl
Leaf Structure and Function • Peter J. Grubb
Part III: Coexistence
The Dimensions of Species Coexistence • Johnathan M. Levine and Simon P. Hart
Evolution, Speciation, and the Persistence Paradox • Andrew R Tilman and David Tilman
What Is the Species Richness Distribution? • Pablo A. Marquet, Mauricio Tejo, and Rolando Rebolledo
Two Sides of the Same Coin: High Non-Neutral Diversity and High-Dimensional Trait Space in Pathogen Populations and Ecological Communities • Mercedes Pascual
Part IV: Ecological Communities and Ecosystems
What Regulates Growth across Levels of Organization? • Ian Hatton
The Ecosystem: Superorganism, or Collection of Individuals? • Michel Loreau
Untangling Food Webs • Robert M. Pringle
What Determines the Abundance of Lianas and Vines? • Helene C. Muller-Landauand Stephen W. Pacala
The World Beneath Us: Making Soil Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Central to Environmental Policy • Diana H. Wall and Ross A. Virginia
Part V: Ecology and Health
Ecologyand Medicines • Andrew F. Read
Six Wedges to Curing Disease • Michael E. Hochberg
Part VI: Conservation Biology and Natural Resource Management
Collective Cooperation: From Ecological Communities to Global Governance and Back • Simon Levin
Keeping the Faith: The Case for Very-Large Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas • Tim Caro
How Does Biodiversity Relate to Ecosystem Functioning in Natural Ecosystems? • Rachael Winfree
Part VII: Final Thoughts
A Science Business Model for Answering Important Questions • Kevin Lafferty
Going Big • Stefano Allesina
Index