Ecological Stoichiometry: The Biology of Elements from Molecules to the BiosphereAll life is chemical. That fact underpins the developing field of ecological stoichiometry, the study of the balance of chemical elements in ecological interactions. This long-awaited book brings this field into its own as a unifying force in ecology and evolution. Synthesizing a wide range of knowledge, Robert Sterner and Jim Elser show how an understanding of the biochemical deployment of elements in organisms from microbes to metazoa provides the key to making sense of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. |
Contents
Stoichiometry and Homeostasis | 1 |
II | 6 |
III | 23 |
Yield | 25 |
IV | 29 |
V | 32 |
VI | 33 |
VII | 38 |
XXX | 195 |
XXXI | 203 |
XXXII | 220 |
XXXIII | 225 |
Catalysts for Ecological Stoichiometry | 227 |
Summary and Synthesis | 229 |
XXXIV | 230 |
XXXV | 233 |
VIII | 39 |
The Structure of This Book | 40 |
Key Definitions | 42 |
IX | 43 |
X | 49 |
XI | 64 |
XII | 76 |
Summary and Synthesis | 78 |
XIII | 79 |
XIV | 85 |
NP Stoichiometry of Entire Higher Plants | 87 |
XV | 105 |
XVI | 118 |
XVII | 130 |
XVIII | 131 |
Summary and Synthesis | 133 |
XIX | 134 |
Biochemical and Biological Determinants of Body Elemental Composition | 136 |
XX | 140 |
XXI | 148 |
XXII | 158 |
XXIII | 166 |
XXIV | 169 |
XXV | 173 |
XXVI | 176 |
XXVII | 177 |
Summary and Synthesis | 178 |
XXVIII | 183 |
XXIX | 187 |
XXXVI | 243 |
XXXVII | 247 |
XXXVIII | 250 |
XXXIX | 257 |
XL | 258 |
Summary and Synthesis | 260 |
Stoichiometry in Communities Dynamics and Interactions | 262 |
XLI | 275 |
XLII | 289 |
XLIII | 296 |
XLIV | 305 |
XLV | 306 |
Catalysts for Ecological Stoichiometry | 308 |
XLVI | 311 |
BigScale Stoichiometry Ecosystems in Space and Time | 313 |
XLVII | 334 |
XLVIII | 339 |
XLIX | 346 |
A New Term Carbon Use Efficiency | 348 |
L | 352 |
LI | 362 |
Catalysts for Ecological Stoichiometry | 364 |
LII | 368 |
LIII | 374 |
LIV | 380 |
LV | 383 |
429 | |