TY - BOOK ID - 12027707 TI - Ecosystem engineers : plants to protists PY - 2007 SN - 1281119105 9786611119102 0080548474 0123738571 9780123738578 9780080548470 PB - Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, DB - UniCat KW - Habitat (Ecology) KW - Ecology. KW - Modification. KW - Balance of nature KW - Biology KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Habitat modification (Ecology) KW - Modification of habitat (Ecology) KW - Ecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:12027707 AB - The first book entirely devoted to this topic, Ecosystem Engineers begins with the history of the concept, presenting opposing definitions of ecosystem engineering. These varied definitions advance the debate and move past trivial difficulties to crystallize key issues such as the value of process-based vs. outcome-based. Authors include case studies spanning a wide spectrum of species and habitats, including above and below-ground, aquatic and terrestrial, and extant and paleontological examples. These studies enable readers to understand how the categorization of species as ecosystem e ER -