Ecological Stoichiometry
：The Biology of Elements from Molecules to the Biosphere
Publication subTitle ：The Biology of Elements from Molecules to the Biosphere
Author： Sterner Robert W.;Elser James J.;Vitousek Peter M.
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 2017
E-ISBN: 9781400885695
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691074900
Subject： Q5 Biochemistry
Keyword： 普通生物学
Language： ENG
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Description
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 argu
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