Patch Dynamics

From the preface by Joel E. Cohen: "A century from now humanity will live in a managed - or mismanaged - global garden. We are debating the need to preserve tropical forests. Farming of the sea is providing an increasing part of our fish supply. We are beginning to control atmospheric emissions. In 100 years, we shall use novel farming practices and genetic engineering of bacteria to manipulate the methane production of rice fields. The continental shelf will be providing food, energy, possibly even living space. To make such intensive management possible will require massive improvements in data collection and analysis, and especially in our concepts. A century hence we will live on a wired earth: the oceans and the crust of the earth will receive the same comprehensive monitoring now devoted to weather. As the peoples of currently developing countries increase their levels of wealth, the need for global management will become irresistible as impatience with the accidents of nature and intolerance of mismanagement of the environment - especially of living resources - grow. Our control of physical perturbations and chemical inputs to the environment will be judged by the consequences to living organisms and biological communities. How can we obtain the factual and theoretical foundation needed to move from our present, fragmented knowledge and limited abilities to a managed, global garden?" This problem was addressed in the lectures and workshops of a summer school on patch dynamics at Cornell University. The school emphasized the analysis and interpretation of spatial patterns in terrestrial and marine environments. This book contains the course material of this school, combining general reviews with specific applications. Comparing Terrestrial And Marine Ecological Systems / John H. Steele [and Others] -- Methods And Descriptions : An Overview / Thomas M. Powell -- Introduction To Spatial Statistics / Frank W. Davis -- The Spatial Nature Of Soil Variability And Its Implications For Field Studies / Harold M. Van Es -- Phytoplankton Patchiness : Ecological Implications And Observation Methods / Mark R. Abbott -- Measuring The Fate Of Patches In The Water : Larval Dispersal / Mimi A.r. Koehl, Thomas M. Powell, And Geoff Dairiki -- Determining Process Through Pattern : Reality Or Fantasy? / Kirk A. Moloney -- Description And Analysis Of Spatial Patterns / Graciela García-moliner [and Others] -- Concepts And Models : An Overview / John H. Steele -- Ecological Interactions In Patchy Environments : From Patch-occupancy Models To Cellular Automata / Hal Caswell And Ron J. Etter -- Spatial Aggregation Arising From Convective Processes / Sidney Leibovich -- Two-patch Metapopulation Dynamics / Roger M. Nisbet [and Others]. (cont.) Coupling Of Circulation And Marine Ecosystem Models / Eileen E. Hofmann -- An Invitation To Structured (meta)population Models / Odo Diekmann -- Stochastic Models Of Growth And Competition / Richard Durrett -- Mechanisms Of Patch Formation / Douglas H. Deutschman [and Others] -- Ecological And Evolutionary Consequences : An Overview / Simon A. Levin -- The Ocean Carbon Cycle And Climate Change : An Analysis Of Interconnected Scales / Kenneth L. Denman -- Shifting Mosaic Metapopulation Dynamics / James S. Clark -- Modeling Fire Regime In Mediterranean Landscapes / Frank W. Davis And David A. Burrows -- The Influence Of Regional Processes On Local Communities : Examples From An Experimentally Fragmented Landscape / Robert D. Holt And Michael S. Gaines -- Ecological And Evolutionary Consequences Of Patchiness : A Marine-terrestrial Perspective / Pablo A. Marquet [and Others]. S.a. Levin, T.m. Powell, J.h. Steele (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter....Pages N2-XIII Comparing Terrestrial and Marine Ecological Systems....Pages 1-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-15 Introduction to Spatial Statistics....Pages 16-26 The Spatial Nature of Soil Variability and Its Implications for Field Studies....Pages 27-36 Phytoplankton Patchiness: Ecological Implications and Observation Methods....Pages 37-49 Measuring the Fate of Patches in the Water: Larval Dispersal....Pages 50-60 Determining Process Through Pattern: Reality or Fantasy?....Pages 61-69 Description and Analysis of Spatial Patterns....Pages 70-89 Front Matter....Pages 90-92 Ecological Interactions in Patchy Environments: From Patch-Occupancy Models to Cellular Automata....Pages 93-109 Spatial Aggregation Arising from Convective Processes....Pages 110-124 Two-Patch Metapopulation Dynamics....Pages 125-135 Coupling of Circulation and Marine Ecosystem Models....Pages 136-161 An Invitation to Structured (Meta)Population Models....Pages 162-175 Stochastic Models of Growth and Competition....Pages 176-183 Mechanisms of Patch Formation....Pages 184-209 Front Matter....Pages 210-212 The Ocean Carbon Cycle and Climate Change: An Analysis of Interconnected Scales....Pages 213-223 Shifting Mosaic Metapopulation Dynamics....Pages 224-246 Modeling Fire Regime in Mediterranean Landscapes....Pages 247-259 The Influence Of Regional Processes On Local Communities: Examples From An Experimentally Fragmented Landscape....Pages 260-276 Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Patchiness: A Marine-Terrestrial Perspective....Pages 277-304 Back Matter....Pages 305-311