The Loom of Life: Unravelling Ecosystems

by Menno Schilthuizen

In an age of increasing environmental problems, ecology has had to grow up fast from a discipline dealing with relatively simple interactions between species to one that tries to explain changes in global patterns of diversity and richness. The issues are complex. Every species may seem to have its own unique role, but if that is true, then why are there hundreds of species of plankton in an ecosystem with only a handful of niches? The tropics have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540680519
• ISBN13: 9783540680512
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"