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Uniform Title Advances in ecological research (Online)
Title Advances in ecological research
Published London ; New York : Academic Press
Began with: Vol. 1 in 1962
Electronic coverage as at Oct. 3, 2005: Vol. 32 (2001)-

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Description volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Contents note continued: A Belowground Perspective on Dutch Agroecosystems: How Soil Organisms Interact to Support Ecosystem Services / Michiel Rutgers -- Summary -- I.Introduction -- II.Soil Biota -- A.Soil Types and the Dutch Soil Quality Network -- B.Soil Organisms: Types, Biology, Biogeography and Sampling Strategy -- III.Comparative Ecosystem Ecology -- A.Building a Comprehensive Database -- B.Ecosystem Services -- C.Ecosystem Types -- IV.Soil Food Webs -- A.Detrital Soil Food Webs -- B.Allometric Scaling of Food Webs -- C.Structure of Ecological Networks -- V.Autecology, Biological Stoichiometry, and Ecosystem Services -- A.Habitat-Response Relationships -- B.Soil Acidity and Cations' Availability -- VI.Synecology and Ecological Stoichiometry -- A.Chemical Balance and Trophic Structure -- B.Elemental Availability Versus Prey Availability -- VII.Trophic Interactions -- A.Enhancing the Resolution and Quantification of Resource-Consumer Linkages --
Contents note continued: B.Integrating Intraspecific Size Variation into SoilFoodWebs -- VIII.Caveats, Conclusions and Future Direction -- A.Biodiversity Is the Ground Floor for Ecosystem Services -- B.What We Have Learned -- C.Towards a Universal Model? -- D.Elemental Content of Organisms -- E.Data Paucity for Smaller Taxa -- F.Plea for a Missing Kingdom -- G.Conserving Ecosystem Services -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix -- References
Contents note continued: B.Tier II. Irish Field Experiments and Surveys: Decomposition, Algal Production and Herbivory Rates and Community Structure in Nine Pasture Streams -- C.Tier III. Intensive Experimental Study of Grass Litter Decomposition Within a Single Field Site -- D.Tier IV. Laboratory Experiments: Resource Quality and Decomposition Rates -- III.Results -- A.Tier I. RIVFUNCTION Field Experiment: Impacts of Riparian Alterations on Decomposition Rates in 100 European Streams -- B.Tier II. Irish Field Experiments and Surveys: Decomposition, Algal Production and Herbivory Rates and Community Structure in Nine Pasture Streams -- C.Tier III. Intensive Experimental Study of Grass Litter Decomposition Within a Single Field Site -- D.Tier IV. Laboratory Experiments: Resource Quality and Decomposition Rates -- IV.Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix -- References --
Contents note continued: B.Was There Evidence for Strong Qualitative or Quantitative Linkages? -- C.What Is the Timescale of Recovery? -- D.Examples of Failure and Limiting Factors When Removing Weirs -- VI.Conceptualising Restoration Efforts -- A.The General Conceptual Framework -- B.Response-State-Recovery Variables -- C.Linking Components of the Conceptual Model -- D.Application of the Conceptual Framework -- E.Are Cause-Effect Chains Detectable from the Conceptual Model? -- VII.Re-meandering Lowland Streams in Denmark: Large Scale Case Studies -- A.River Restoration: Trial and Error? -- B.The Good: River Skjern -- C.The Bad: River Gelsa -- D.The Ugly: Adding Coarse Substrates to Lowland Streams -- VIII.What Lessons Have Been Learned After 20 Years of River Restoration? -- A.Temporal and Spatial Scaling Matter -- B.Appropriate Indicators Are Required -- C.Ecological Constraints can Determine Ecological Success -- D.Hierarchical Pressures Require Hierarchical Restoration --
Contents note continued: C.Community Structure: Characterising the Links in the Food Web -- D.Construction of the Food Webs -- E.Modelling of Food-Web Persistence -- F.Stable Isotope Analysis -- G.Laboratory Experiments: Potential Behaviourally Mediated Effects of Trout on Feeding Links -- H.Statistical Analysis -- III.Results -- A.Community and Food Web Structure -- B.Food Web Dynamics: Persistence -- C.Behaviourally Mediated Indirect Food Web Effects -- IV.Discussion -- A.Changes in Community and Food-Web Structure -- B.Caveats, Limitations and Future Directions -- V.Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Appendix IV -- References -- From Natural to Degraded Rivers and Back Again: A Test of Restoration Ecology Theory and Practice / Nikolai Friberg -- Summary -- I.Introduction -- A.Why Is River Restoration Necessary? -- B.Rivers Under Siege: Years of Physical Abuse -- C.The Confounding Influence of Multiple Pressures --
Contents note continued: D.Restoration as an Active Cure or Just a Placebo? -- II.Review and Synthesis of the Restoration Literature -- III.What has been Achieved by Restoring Buffer Strips? -- A.Which Organism Groups and Group Attributes Have Shown Evidence of Recovery After Restoration? -- B.Was There Evidence for Strong Qualitative or Quantitative Linkages? -- C.What is the Timescale of Recovery? -- D.Reasons for Failure and Limiting Factors When Restoring Buffer Strips -- IV.Enhancement of Instream Habitat Structures -- A.Which Organism Groups and Group Attributes Have Shown Evidence of Recovery After Restoration? -- B.Was There Evidence for Strong Qualitative or Quantitative Linkages? -- C.What Is the Timescale of Recovery? -- D.Reasons for Failure and Limiting Factors When Restoring Instream Habitat Structures -- V.Restoration by Removal of Weirs and Dams (<5 m Height) -- A.Which Organism Groups and Group Attributes Have Shown Evidence of Recovery After Restoration? --
Contents note continued: E.Future Research Needs -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- References -- Stream Ecosystem Functioning in an Agricultural Landscape: The Importance of Terrestrial-Aquatic Linkages / Guy Woodward -- Summary -- I.Introduction -- A.Impacts of Agriculture on European Streams: Pollution, River Engineering and Clearance of Riparian Zones -- B.Impacts of Riparian Clearance on Stream Ecosystem Functioning: Detrital Decomposition, Primary Production and Consumption Rates -- C.The Potential for Indirect Food Web Effects to Influence Stream Ecosystem Functioning -- D.Linking Ecosystem Structure and Functioning Across Multiple Levels of Organisation via Experimental and Empirical Approaches -- II.Methods -- A.Tier I. RIVFUNCTION Field Experiment: Impacts of Riparian Alterations on Decomposition Rates in 100 European Streams --
Contents note continued: IV.Matching Symptoms to Stressors -- A.A Case Study of Successful Biomonitoring: Acidification and Recovery in European Freshwaters -- B.Emerging Stressors and Obsolete Biomonitoring Metrics: The Organic Pollution Time Lag, Habitat Effects and Climate Change -- C.Biotic Stressors---The Problem of Invasive Species -- D.Multiple Stressors and Their Interactions -- V.Reasons for Stagnation: Bureaucracy, Neophobia and the Inertia of Red Tape -- VI.New Solutions to Old Problems -- A.Reconnecting with Ecological Theory -- B.New Technologies: Molecular Microbiology and Functional Genomics -- VII.Conclusions: A Light at the End of the Tunnel? -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Long-Term Dynamics of a Well-Characterised Food Web: Four Decades of Acidification and Recovery in the Broadstone Stream Model System / Guy Woodward -- Summary -- I.Introduction -- II.Methods -- A.Study Site -- B.Community Structure: Characterising the Nodes in the Food Web --
Machine generated contents note: Biomonitoring of Human Impacts in Freshwater Ecosystems: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly / Guy Woodward -- Summary -- I.Introduction -- A.A Brief Overview of Biomonitoring -- B.The Emergence of Community and Ecosystem-Level Perspectives -- C.Knowledge, Understanding and Prediction -- D.What Is a Healthy Ecosystem? -- II.Current Methods---Pros and Cons -- A.Biomonitoring at Different Levels of Organisation---From Molecules to Ecosystems -- B.Community Structure Metrics: The Dominant Paradigm -- C.Putting Nature into Boxes: The Questionable Reliance on ̀Typologies' -- D.A More Ecologically Meaningful Alternative to Typologies? -- E.Functional Approaches -- F.Species Traits: Linking Structure and Function -- G.Structural V Functional Approaches: Redundant or Complementary Approaches? -- III.Examining the Foundations -- A.The Need for Simplicity and Clarity -- B.Intercalibration: Forcing Square Pegs into Round Holes --
Analysis Ecology
Notes Description based on: Vol. 8, published in 1974
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Also available by subscription via the World Wide Web
System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader
Issuing Body Editor: 1962- J. B. Cragg
Notes Description based on: Vol. 8, published in 1974
Latest issue consulted: Vol. 43 (2010)
Subject Ecology -- Periodicals.
Ecology.
Ecology.
Research.
Genre/Form Periodical.
Periodicals.
Author Cragg, J. B
Elsevier Science (Firm)
LC no. 62021479
ISSN 0065-2504
0065-2504
ABBREV TI Adv. ecol. res
OTHER TI Advances in ecological research
Other Titles Ecological research