Perspectives in Ecological Theory

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
Introduction, pg. 3
1. Plant Physiological Ecology: A Theoretician's Perspective, pg. 11
2. Individual Behavior and the Procurement of Essential Resources, pg. 25
3. Discussion: From Individuals to Populations, pg. 39
4. Plant Population Dynamic Theory, pg. 54
5. Renewing the Dialogue between Theory and Experiments in Population Ecology, pg. 68
6. Discussion: Population Dynamics and Species Interactions, pg. 89
7. Blending Ecology and Genetics: Progress toward a Unified Population Biology, pg. 101
8. Fossils, Macroevolution, and Theoretical Ecology, pg. 125
9. Discussion: Ecology and Evolution, pg. 135
10. Perspectives in Hierarchy and Scale, pg. 140
11. Physical and Biological Scales of Variability in Lakes, Estuaries, and the Coastal Ocean, pg. 157
12. Discussion: Scale and Coupling in Ecological Systems, pg. 177
13. Food Webs and Community Structure, pg. 181
14. The Structure and Assembly of Communities, pg. 203
15. Discussion: Structure and Assembly of Communities, pg. 227
16. Challenges in the Development of a Theory of Community and Ecosystem Structure and Function, pg. 242
17. Simulators as Models of Forest Dynamics, pg. 256
18. Discussion: Ecosystem Structure and Function, pg. 268
19. Bioeconomics, pg. 275
20. Theoretical Issues in Conservation Biology, pg. 287
21. Discussion: Ecology and Resource Management-Is Ecological Theory Any Good in Practice?, pg. 306
22. The Population Biology of Host-Parasite and Host-Parasitoid Associations, pg. 319
23. Discussion: Ecology of Pests and Pathogens, pg. 348
Appendix. Ecological Theory: A List of Books, pg. 363
List of Participants, pg. 367
Author Index, pg. 371
Subject Index, pg. 383