Books of Interest for Communities and Ecosystems
Biology 5222 - Fall 2001



Note: S-V  =  Springer-Verlag        AP  =  Academic Press

Agren, G.I. & E. Bosatta, eds., 1998, Theoretical Ecosystem Ecology: Understanding Element Cycles

Brock, Thomas D. 1985. A Eutrophic Lake: Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, Ecological Studies 55, S-V*

Butcher, Samuel S., et al. 1972. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 50 in International Geophysics Series, AP

Chapman, V.J., ed. 1977. Wet Coastal Ecosystems, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co.

Coupland, R.T., ed. 1979. Grassland Ecosystems of the World: Analysis of Grasslands and Their Uses. IBP 18,
            Cambridge U. Press

Deangelis, D.L., 1992, Dynamics of Nutrient Cycling and Food Webs, Chapman&Hall

de Booysen, Peter & Neil M. Tainton. 1984. Ecological Effects of Fire in South African Ecosystems, Ecological
            Studies 48, S-V

Forman, R.T.T., ed. 1979. Pine Barrens: Ecosystem and Landscape, AP

Goodall, D.W. et al., eds. 1979. Arid-land Ecosystems: Structure, Functioning and Management. Vol. 1, IBP 16,
            Cambridge U. Press

Hagen, J., 1992, An Entangled Bank: The Origins of Ecosystem Ecology, Rutgers U. Press

Jorgensen, S.E., 1997, Integration of Ecosystem Theories, Kluwer Publishers

Knapp, Alan, et al., eds. 1998. Grassland Dynamics: Long-term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie,
            Oxford U. Press

Knight, D.H., 1996, Mountains and Plains: The Ecology of the Wyoming Landscape, Yale U. Press

Levin, S.A., ed. 1974. Ecosystem Analysis and Prediction. Proc. Of a SIAM-SIMS Conference, Alta, VT, July 1-5, 1974

Lieth, H.F.H., ed. 1978. Patterns of Primary Productivity in the Biosphere, Dowden, Hutchinson&Ross, Inc.

Likens, G.E., ed. 1989. Long-term Studies in Ecology: Approaches and Alternatives, S-V

Lowman, M.D. & N.M. Nadkarni, eds. 1995. Forest Canopies, AP

Luoma, J.R., 1999, Hidden Forest: Biography of an Ecosystem, H. Holt

MacNally, R.C., 1995, Ecological Versatility and Community Ecology, Cambridge U. Press

Mooney, H.A. et al., 1991, Ecosystem Experiments, J. Wiley&Sons

Morin, P.J., 1999, Community Ecology, Blackwell Scientific

Odum, E.P. 1971. Fundamentals of Ecology, 3rd Edition, W.B. Saunders, Co.

Pace, M.L., et al., eds., 1998, Successes, Limitations, and Frontiers in Ecosystem Science, S-V

Patten, B.C. and S.E. Jorgensen, eds. 1995. Complex Ecology: The Part-Whole Relation in Ecosystems, Prentice-Hall

Perry, D.A., 1995, Forest Ecosystems, Johns Hopkins U. Press

Pomeroy, L.R. 1974. Cycles of Essential Elements, Dowden, Hutchinson&Ross, Inc.

Putman, R.J., 1994, Community Ecology, Chapman&Hall

Rapport, D. et al., eds. 1998. Ecosystem Health, Blackwell Scientific Publishers

Reichle, David E., ed. 1970. Analysis of Temperate Forest Ecosystems, S-V

Reichmann, O.J. 1987. Konza Prairie: A Tallgrass Natural History, U. Kansas Press

Scow, K., ed., 1999, Integrated Assessment of Ecosystem Health, Not Yet Published (coming October)

Sinclair, A.R.E. et al., 1995, Serengti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem, U. Chicago Press

Thornton, Ian, 1997, Krakatau: The Destruction and Reassembly of an Ecosystem, Harvard U. Press

Van Dyne, George M. 1969. The Ecosystem Concept in Natural Resource Management, AP

Vogt, K.A., et al.,1996, Ecosystems: Balancing Science with Management, S-V

Waring, R.H.& S.W.Running, eds., Forest Ecosystems: Analysis at Multiple Scales, AP

Watt, K.E.F., ed. 1966. Systems Analysis in Ecology, AP

Whitford, W.G., ed. 1986. Pattern and Process in Desert Ecosystems, U. New Mexico Press

Woodwell, G.M., ed. 1984. The Role of Terrestrial Vegetation in the Global Carbon Cycle: Measurement by Remote Sensing, John Wiley&Sons

Additional Books of Interest

Billings, W.D. 1970. Plants, Man and the Ecosystem, 2nd Edition, Wadsworth

Coleman, D.C.& D.A. Crossley, Jr., eds., 1996, Fundamentals of Soil Ecology, AP

DeAngelis, D.L. 1992. Dynamics of Nutrient Cycling and Food Webs, Chapman&Hall

Ehleringer, James R. and Christopher B. Field. 1993. Scaling Physiological Processes: Leaf to Globe, AP

Golley, F.B. 1995. A History of the Ecosystem Concept in Ecology: More Than the Sum of the Parts, Yale U. Press

Golley, F.B. 1998. A Primer of Environmental Literacy. Yale U. Press

Hutchinson, G.E. 1978. An Introduction to Population Ecology, Yale U. Press

Hutchinson, G.E. 1979. The Kindly Fruits of the Earth: Recollections of an Embryo Ecologist, Yale U. Press

Luoma, Jon R. 1980. Troubled Skies, Troubled Waters, Viking Press

Odum, Eugene P. 1989. Ecology and Our Endangered Life-Support Systems, Sinauer Publishers

Odum, Eugene P. 1998. Ecological Vignettes: Ecological Approaches to Dealing With Human Predicaments, Harwood Academic Publishers

Odum, Howard T. 1983. Systems Ecology: An Introduction, John Wiley&Sons

Orians, G. et al., eds., 1996, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes in Tropical Forests, S-V

Pomeroy, L.R.& J.J. Alberts, eds., Concepts of Ecosystem Ecology: A Comparative View, Ecological Studies 67, S-V

Shugart, H.H. 1998. Terrestrial Ecosystems in Changing Environments, Cambridge U. Press

Whittaker, Robert H. 1975. Communities and Ecosystems, MacMillan



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