Pattern and Process in Macroecology
暫譯: 宏觀生態學中的模式與過程

Kevin Gaston, Tim Blackburn

Pattern and Process in Macroecology
  • 出版商: Wiley
  • 出版日期: 2000-11-02
  • 售價: $6,380
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $6,061
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 377
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0632056533
  • ISBN-13: 9780632056538

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Issues of scale have become increasingly important to ecologists. This book addresses the structure of regional (large-scale) ecological assemblages or communities, and the influence this has at a local (small-scale) level. This macroecological perspective is essential for the broader study of ecology because the structure and function of local communities cannot be properly understood without reference to the region in which they are situated.

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.

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規模問題對生態學家來說變得越來越重要。本書探討了區域（大規模）生態群落或社群的結構，以及這對於地方（小規模）層面的影響。這種宏觀生態學的視角對於更廣泛的生態學研究至關重要，因為地方社群的結構和功能無法在不參考其所處區域的情況下得到正確理解。

本書回顧並綜合了當前宏觀生態學中重要的議題，提供了一個平衡的領域總結，對於高年級本科生及以上的生物學家將會非常有用。這些一般性議題通過頻繁參考具體的、經過充分研究的地方和區域群落來進行說明——這種方法有助於將宏觀生態學的視角（這可能常常難以理解）與地方場域的日常經驗聯繫起來。

宏觀生態學是一個不斷擴展和動態的學科。本書的廣泛目標是促進對為何它是生態學更廣泛研究計劃中如此重要部分的理解。

- 總結當前的宏觀生態學文獻。
- 提供多個關鍵模式的例子。
- 明確連結地方和區域層面的過程。
- 利用對一個物種群落的詳細知識來探討生物多樣性結構的廣泛議題。

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