The ecology of place contributions of place-based research to ecological understanding.

• Main Author: Ian Billick, Mary V. Price
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2010; The University of Chicago Press
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Animals; Congresses; Ecology; Ecosystems; Forests; Longitudinal studies; Natural history; Natural resources; Place; Resource management; SCIENCE; Trees

Ecologists can spend a lifetime researching a small patch of the earth, studying the interactions between organisms and the environment, and exploring the roles those interactions play in determining distribution, abundance, and evolutionary change. With so few ecologists and so many systems to stud...

Table of Contents:

• The ecology of place: contributions of place-based research to ecological understanding -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments Ian Billick and Mary V. Price -- 1. The Ecology of Place Mary V. Price and Ian Billick -- Part 1: The Imprint of Place on Ecology and Ecologists Mary V. Price and Ian Billick -- 2. The Role of Place in the History of Ecology Sharon E. Kingsland -- 3. Leopold's Legacy: An Ecology of Place Donald M. Waller and Susan Flader -- Part 2: The Idiosyncrasy of Place: Challenges and Opportunities Ian Billick and Mary V. Price -- 4. Ecological Invariance and the Search for Generality in Ecology H. Ronald Pulliam and Nickolas M. Waser -- 5. Convergence and Divergence in Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystems: What We Can Learn by Comparing Similar Places Philip W. Rundel -- 6. Ecological Insights into the Causes of an Adaptive Radiation from Long-Term Field Studies of Darwin's Finches Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant -- 7. Individual Fitness, Social Behavior, and Population Dynamics of Yellow-Bellied Marmots Kenneth B. Armitage -- 8. The Aleutian Archipelago: Addressing the Functional Importance of Carnivory through Variation in Space and Time James A. Estes -- Part 3: Building an Understanding of Place Mary V. Price and Ian Billick -- 9. Understanding the Role of Predation in Open Systems: The Value of Place-Based Research Barbara L. Peckarsky, J. David Allan, Angus R. McIntosh, and Brad W. Taylor -- 10. The Ecology of Place in Oak Forests: Progressive Integration of Pairwise Interactions into Webs Richard S. Ostfeld and Clive G. Jones -- 11. A Sense of Place: Tatoosh Robert T. Paine, J. Timothy Wootton, and Catherine A. Pfister -- 12. The Ecology of Place and Natural Resource Management: Examples from Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems Charles G. Curtin -- Part 4: The Interaction between Local and General Understanding Mary V. Price and Ian Billick -- 13. Case Studies and Ecological Understanding Charles J. Krebs -- 14. Responsive Science: The Interplay of Theory, Observation, and Experiment in Long-Term, Place-Based Research Svata M. Louda and Leon G. Higley -- 15. To Know a Tropical Forest: What Mechanisms Maintain High Tree Diversity on Barro Colorado Island, Panama? Stephen P. Hubbell -- Part 5: Building the Capacity for Place-Based Research Ian Billick and Mary V. Price -- 16. The Model Ecosystems as a Paradigm of Place-Based Research: The Intersection of Geology, Ecology, and Economics at the Mclaughlin Reserve Paul A. Aigner and Catherine E. Koehler -- 17. Managing Place-Based Data: The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory as a Case Study Ian Billick -- 18. Local People, Scientific Inquiry, and the Ecology and Conservation of Place in Latin America Peter Feinsinger, Samara Alvarez, Geovana Carreno et al. -- 19. Concluding Remarks: Taking Advantage of the Power of Place Mary V. Price and Ian Billick -- Contributors -- Index
• Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments / Ian Billick and Mary V. Price -- 1. The Ecology of Place / Mary V. Price and Ian Billick -- I. The Imprint of Place on Ecology and Ecologists / Mary V. Price and Ian Billick -- 2. The Role of Place in the History of Ecology / Sharon E. Kingsland -- 3. Leopold's Legacy: An Ecology of Place / Donald M. Waller and Susan Flader -- II. The Idiosyncrasy of Place: Challenges and Opportunities / Ian Billick and Mary V. Price -- 4. Ecological Invariance and the Search for Generality in Ecology / H. Ronald Pulliam and Nickolas M. Waser -- 5. Convergence and Divergence in Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystems: What We Can Learn by Comparing Similar Places / Philip W. Rundel -- 6. Ecological Insights into the Causes of an Adaptive Radiation from Long-Term Field Studies of Darwin's Finches / Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant -- 7. Individual Fitness, Social Behavior, and Population Dynamics of Yellow-Bellied Marmots / Kenneth B. Armitage -- 8. The Aleutian Archipelago: Addressing the Functional Importance of Carnivory through Variation in Space and Time / James A. Estes -- III. Building an Understanding of Place / Mary V. Price and Ian Billick -- 9. Understanding the Role of Predation in Open Systems: The Value of Place-Based Research / Barbara L. Peckarsky, J. David Allan, Angus R. McIntosh, and Brad W. Taylor -- 10. The Ecology of Place in Oak Forests: Progressive Integration of Pairwise Interactions into Webs / Richard S. Ostfeld and Clive G. Jones -- 11. A Sense of Place: Tatoosh / Robert T. Paine, J. Timothy Wootton, and Catherine A. Pfister -- 12. The Ecology of Place and Natural Resource Management: Examples from Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems / Charles G. Curtin -- IV. The Interaction between Local and General Understanding / Mary V. Price and Ian Billick
• 13. Case Studies and Ecological Understanding / Charles J. Krebs -- 14. Responsive Science: The Interplay of Theory, Observation, and Experiment in Long-Term, Place-Based Research / Svata M. Louda and Leon G. Higley -- 15. To Know a Tropical Forest: What Mechanisms Maintain High Tree Diversity on Barro Colorado Island, Panama? / Stephen P. Hubbell -- V. Building the Capacity for Place-Based Research / Ian Billick and Mary V. Price -- 16. The Model Ecosystems as a Paradigm of Place-Based Research: The Intersection of Geology, Ecology, and Economics at the McLaughlin Reserve / Paul A. Aigner and Catherine E. Koehler -- 17. Managing Place-Based Data: The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory as a Case Study / Ian Billick -- 18. Local People, Scientific Inquiry, and the Ecology and Conservation of Place in Latin America / Peter Feinsinger, Samara Alvarez, Geovana Carreno et al. -- 19. Concluding Remarks: Taking Advantage of the Power of Place / Mary V. Price and Ian Billick -- List of Contributors -- Index