Loreau, Michel. <br/><br/>
From populations to ecosystems :  theoretical foundations for a new ecological synthesis / 
Michel Loreau. 
 - Princeton :  Princeton University Press,  c2010. 
 - xiv, 297 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - Monographs in population biology .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-290) and index. 
<br/><br/>Population and ecosystem approaches in ecology -- The maintenance and functional consequences of species diversity -- Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning -- Food webs, interaction webs, and ecosystem functioning -- Stability and complexity of ecosystems: new perspectives on an old debate -- Material cycling and the overall functioning of ecosystems -- Spatial dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: metacommunities and meta-ecosystems -- Evolution of ecosystems and ecosystem properties -- Postface: toward an integrated, predictive ecology. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691122694 (alk. paper) 9780691122700 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ecology.<br/>Biodiversity.<br/>Population biology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH541.L67 2010