Ecology

An outstanding review of the achievements of ecology, and challenges for the future, first published in 2001.

Part I. Evolution and Population Biology: 1. Genetics and ecology L. Partridge; 2. Testing Antonovic's five tenets of ecological genetics: experiments with bacteria at the interface of ecology and genetics R. E. Lenski; 3. Sociality and population dynamics T. H. Clutton-Brock; 4. Studies of the reproduction, longevity and movements of individual animals I. Newton; Part II. Functional and Community Ecology: 5. Specificity, links and networks in the control of diversity in plant and microbial communities A. H. Fitter; 6. Global change and the linkages between physiological ecology and ecosystem ecology J. R. Ehleringer, T. E. Cerling and L. B. Flanagan; 7. Biodiversity, ecosystem processes and climate change J. H. Lawton; 8. Plant functional types, communities and ecosystems J. P. Grime; 9. Effects of diversity and composition on grassland stability and productivity D. Tilman; Part III. Ecology of Changing Environments: 10. Climate change and steady state in temperate hardwood forests M. B. Davis; 11. Experimental plant ecology: some lessons from global change research Ch. Kørner; 12. Keeping track of carbon flows between biosphere and atmosphere J. Grace, P. Meir and Y. Malhi; 13. Climate and plants: present and future interactions F. I. Woodward; Part IV. Ecosystems, Management and Human Impacts: 14. Lost linkages and lotic ecology: rediscovering small streams J. L. Meyer and J. B. Wallace; 15. Plant-mammal interactions: lessons for our understanding of nature and implications for biodiversity conservation R. Dirzo; 16. Ecological economic theory for managing ecosystem services Roughgarden and P. R. Armsworth; 17. Alternative states of ecosystems: evidence and some implications S. R. Carpenter; Part V. Concluding Remarks: 18. Concluding remarks J. H. Brown.