{"product_id":"ecological-stoichiometry-9780691074917","title":"Ecological Stoichiometry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering the field of ecological stoichiometry, this study brings this field into its own as a unifying force in ecology and evolution. Synthesizing a range of knowledge, it shows how an understanding of the biochemical deployment of elements in organisms from microbes to metazoa gives the key to making sense of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Few, if any, details of stoichiometry seem to have been overlooked by Sterner and Elser, and their book will be a useful reference to me for many years to come... The hundreds of references in the bibliography are worth the price of the book alone.\"--David W. Schindler, Nature \"Robert Sterner and James Elser take a giant stride in knitting together perspectives across scales, biomes, and disciplines to craft an integrative and predictive vision of the topic... It knits together such a broad range of relevant topics that anyone interested in the connections between biology and elemental cycles should give it a try.\"--Anthony F. Michaels, Science \"I believe that his is one of the most important books written in ecology in the last 10 years... I predict that in a few years it will be inconceivable to ignore the stoichiometric perspective when tackling an ecological problem... Ecological Stoichiometry is well written in colloquial and friendly prose. The authors strived to explain their arguments clearly and in detail. The many mathematical models are explained with laudable lucidity and the figures that illustrate them are consistently good.\"--Carlos Martinez Del Rio, Ecology \"How often do you read a book that has a large number of 'aha!' moments in every chapter? This is a significant piece of synthesis and scholarship that brings together a very large number of disciplines and disparate chunks of data into a very satisfying whole... Never before have I seen a book which spans the scales from molecular biology to ecosystems so effectively... It is sure to become a classic.\"--Graham Harris, Journal of Plankton Research \"Sterner and Elser adopt a simple, incremental logic in the book and follow it with fidelity... The book is an excellent introduction to ecological stoichiometry for graduate students; and for those already in the field, it is a thorough review of the complexities and nuances of stoichiometric ecology by two of its best practitioners.\"--Robert E. Hecky, Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin \"A fresh and stimulating perspective on this area of ecology. The clear, readable style renders this text highly accessible.\"--Bulletin of the British Ecological Society \"[This] book is seminal and presents a clear, well-reasoned overview of ES, thereby providing the biological community with an essential piece to the puzzle of integrating micro- and macro-level biology.\"--Van Savage, Complexity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures ix  List of Tables xiii  Foreword xv  Preface xvii  1. Stoichiometry and Homeostasis 1  Scope 3  Stoichiometry and Homeostasis 8  Yield 25  The Redfield Ratio 27  Conventions and Concerns about Element Ratios 31  Some Conventions about Growth Rate 34  A Logical Framework 35  The Structure of This Book 40  Summary and Synthesis 41  Key Definitions 42  2. Biological Chemistry: Building Cells from Elements 44  The Basis for Selection of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus in Biochemical Evolution 45  The Elemental Composition of Major Biochemicals 51  Cell Components: The Elemental Composition of Cellular Structures 66  Summary and Synthesis 78  3. The Stoichiometry of Autotroph Growth: Variation at the Base of Food Webs 80  Cellular and Physiological Bases 81  C:N:P Stoichiometry of Entire Higher Plants 87  Autotrophs in Captivity 89  Theories of Autotroph Stoichiometry 107  Autotrophs in the Wild: Oceans, Lakes, and Land 120  Causes of Variation in Autotroph C:N:P in Nature 127  Catalysts for Ecological Stoichiometry 132  Summary and Synthesis 133  4. How to Build an Animal: The Stoichiometry of Metazoans 135  Biochemical and Biological Determinants of Body Elemental Composition 136  Invertebrate Stoichiometry: C:N:P in Zooplankton and Insects 138  Determinants of C:N:P in Invertebrates: The Growth Rate Hypothesis 142  Molecular Biology and the C:N:P Stoichiometry of Growth, or Ecosystem Scientists Go Astray 150  A Simple Molecular-Kinetic Model of the Growth Rate-C:N:P Connection 160  Structural Investment and the Stoichiometry of Vertebrates 168  Elemental Composition and Body Size 171  Catalysts for Ecological Stoichiometry 175  Summary and Synthesis 178  5. Imbalanced Resources and Animal Growth 179  Mass Balance in Growth Processes 180  Maximizing Yield in Chemistry and in Ecology 185  Limiting Factors for Heterotroph Growth: Development of Threshold Element Ratio Theory 189  A New Minimal Model of the Stoichiometry of Secondary Production 197  Some Real World Problems in Stoichiometric Balance 205  Growth Efficiency 222  Catalysts for Ecological Stoichiometry 227  Summary and Synthesis 229  6. The Stoichiometry of Consumer-Driven Nutrient Recycling 231  A Brief History of Studies of Consumer-Driven Nutrient Recycling 232  Stoichiometric Theories of Consumer-Driven Nutrient Recycling 235  Evidence That Consumers Differentially Recycle Nitrogen and Phosphorus 245  Microbial Mineralization 249  The Stoichiometry of Consumer-Driven Nutrient Recycling by Vertebrates 252  Catalysts for Ecological Stoichiometry 259  Summary and Synthesis 260  7. Stoichiometry in Communities: Dynamics and Interactions 262  Species Interactions 264  Positive Feedbacks and Multiple Stable States 277  Trophic Cascades 291  Light: Nutrient Effects at the Community Level 298  Feedbacks Owing to the \"Constraints of Stuff\": C:N Ratios in  Tall-Grass Prairie 307  Catalysts for Ecological Stoichiometry 308  Summary and Synthesis 310  8. Big-Scale Stoichiometry: Ecosystems in Space and Time 313  Empirical Patterns in Ecosystem Stoichiometry 315  Linkages in the Stoichiometry of Biomass Yield: Using One Substance to Obtain Another 336  Nutrient Use Efficiency at the Ecosystem Level 341  The Stoichiometry of Food-Chain Production: A New Term, Carbon Use Efficiency 348  The Fate of Primary Production 350  Global Change 354  Catalysts for Ecological Stoichiometry 364  Summary and Synthesis 366  9. Recapitulation and Integration 370  Recapitulation 370  Integration: Toward a Biological Stoichiometry of Living Systems 376  Appendix 382  Literature Cited 385  Index 431","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403710636375,"sku":"9780691074917","price":70.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691074917.jpg?v=1730484330","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ecological-stoichiometry-9780691074917","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}