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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael R. Willig (Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut) , Lawrence R. Walker (Professor of Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Professor of Ecology, School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.40cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 16.00cm Weight: 0.816kg ISBN: 9780199380213ISBN 10: 019938021 Pages: 478 Publication Date: 18 August 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsThis edited volume provides insiders' views of ways that that long-term collaborative ecological research has shaped science and scientists in the U.S. Long-Term Ecological Research network. The book is a testament to the value of personal and institutional commitments to science that is much broader than the contributions of any single scientist. --<em>F. Stuart Chapin, Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks</em> This book is a wonderful collection of individual vignettes on how this extraordinarily successful research program has personally and professionally impacted participating scientists! It is interesting and offers profound testimony to the importance of long-term, collaborative, ecosystem-based science. --<em>Jerry F. Franklin, Professor of Ecosystem Analysis, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington</em> This edited volume provides insiders' views of ways that that long-term collaborative ecological research has shaped science and scientists in the U.S. Long-Term Ecological Research network. The book is a testament to the value of personal and institutional commitments to science that is much broader than the contributions of any single scientist. --F. Stuart Chapin, Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks This book is a wonderful collection of individual vignettes on how this extraordinarily successful research program has personally and professionally impacted participating scientists! It is interesting and offers profound testimony to the importance of long-term, collaborative, ecosystem-based science. --Jerry F. Franklin, Professor of Ecosystem Analysis, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington Author InformationProfessor Willig is an ecologist and biodiversity scientist at the University of Connecticut. His research explores the responses of populations, communities, and metacommunities to disturbances, both natural and anthropogenic, as well as to environmental gradients associated with elevation, latitude, and productivity. He has been an active member of the Luquillo Mountains LTER site since its initial funding by the National Science Foundation over 25 years ago. Professor Walker is an ecologist at the University of Nevada Las Vegas who studies plant succession and the disturbances, both natural and human-caused, that trigger it in many ecosystems around the world. He has been an active member of the Luquillo Mountains LTER site since its initial funding by the National Science Foundation over 25 years ago. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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