Author: Michael L. Pace

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-12-01

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13: 1461217245

Ecosystem research has emerged in recent decades as a vital, successful, and sometimes controversial approach to environmental science. This book emphasizes the idea that much of the progress in ecosystem research has been driven by the emergence of new environmental problems that could not be addressed by existing approaches. By focusing on successes and limitations of ecosystems studies, the book explores avenues for future ecosystem-level research.