Description
The book reviews and synthesizes the issues of current importance in macroecology, providing a balanced summary of the field that will be useful for biologists at advanced undergraduate level and above. These general issues are illustrated by frequent reference to specific well-studied local and regional assemblages -- an approach that serves to relate the macroecological perspective (which is perhaps often difficult to comprehend) to the everyday experience of local sites.
Macroecology is an expanding and dynamic discipline. The broad aim of the book is to promote an understanding of why it is such an important part of the wider program of research into ecology.
- Summarises the current macroecological literature.
- Provides numerous examples of key patterns.
- Explicitly links local and regional scale processes.
- Exploits detailed knowledge of one species assemblage to explore broad issues in the structuring of biodiversity.
About the Author
Kevin Gaston is the author of Pattern and Process in Macroecology, published by Wiley.
Tim Blackburn is the author of Pattern and Process in Macroecology, published by Wiley.
Reviews
"...Gaston and Blackburn's book is an important step along this path - an authoritative
characterization of the status of this research programme in ecology, a thorough pattern-by-pattern analysis and a provocative statement on what macroecology is and what we should expect from it." Nature
Book Information
ISBN 9780632056538
Author Kevin Gaston
Format Paperback
Page Count 392
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 835g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 173mm * 20mm
