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Bacteria
Bacterivore
Biochemistry
Biodiversity
Biomass (ecology)
Carbohydrate
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Cellular respiration
Chemostat
Chitin
Chloroplast
Compensatory growth (organism)
Daphnia
Decomposer
Diagenesis
Ecological stoichiometry
Ecology
Ecosystem
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Escherichia coli
Essential nutrient
Eutrophication
Evolution
Glycerol
Herbivore
Heterotroph
Homeostasis
Human impact on the nitrogen cycle
Isotope analysis
Keystone species
Liebig's law of the minimum
Lipid
Macroevolution
Macrophage (ecology)
Metabolism
Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Micronutrient
Nitrogen balance
Nucleic acid
Nutrient
Nutrient cycle
Nutrient systems
Organism
Palatability
Paradox of enrichment
Phenotypic plasticity
Phosphatidylcholine
Phospholipid
Phytoplankton
Plant nutrition
Protein
Protein synthesis inhibitor
Proximate
Reforestation
Resource depletion
RuBisCO
Saprotrophic nutrition
Scenedesmus
Secondary succession
Soil
Sterol
Stoichiometry
Sulfur assimilation
Total organic carbon
Trace metal
Trophic cascade
Trophic state index
Turgor pressure
Uric acid
Zooplankton
Product details
- ISBN 9780691074917
- Weight: 624g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 17 Nov 2002
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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All life is chemical. That fact underpins the developing field of ecological stoichiometry, the study of the balance of chemical elements in ecological interactions. This long-awaited book brings this field into its own as a unifying force in ecology and evolution. Synthesizing a wide range of knowledge, Robert Sterner and Jim Elser show how an understanding of the biochemical deployment of elements in organisms from microbes to metazoa provides the key to making sense of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. After summarizing the chemistry of elements and their relative abundance in Earth's environment, the authors proceed along a line of increasing complexity and scale from molecules to cells, individuals, populations, communities, and ecosystems. The book examines fundamental chemical constraints on ecological phenomena such as competition, herbivory, symbiosis, energy flow in food webs, and organic matter sequestration. In accessible prose and with clear mathematical models, the authors show how ecological stoichiometry can illuminate diverse fields of study, from metabolism to global change.
Set to be a classic in the field, Ecological Stoichiometry is an indispensable resource for researchers, instructors, and students of ecology, evolution, physiology, and biogeochemistry. From the foreword by Peter Vitousek: "[T]his book represents a significant milestone in the history of ecology...Love it or argue with it--and I do both--most ecologists will be influenced by the framework developed in this book...There are points to question here, and many more to test ...And if we are both lucky and good, this questioning and testing will advance our field beyond the level achieved in this book. I can't wait to get on with it."
Robert W. Sterner is Professor and Head of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota. James J. Elser is Professor of Biology at Arizona State University. Peter Vitousek, one of the world's leading ecosystem ecologists, is Morrison Professor of Population and Resources at Stanford University.
