E. P. Odum's 1997 book "Ecology: A Bridge Between Science and Society" has a lot of good material on ecosystem science topics written at the right level for undergrads, including material in his chapter 3 (The Ecosystem), chapter 4 (energetics) and chapter 5 (material cycles). Being almost 20 years old, it's a little dated, but a lot of the basic material hasn't changed and is very well explained.
A few years ago I published a paper that tried, in part, to serve as a first introduction to some current topics in ecosystem ecology, with some historical development of the ideas too. This was meant to be an introductory reading for graduate students -- in part my goal was to write a paper that would be the first thing you give to a new graduate student who wanted to study ecosystems. It has been used as the initial reading for our graduate course in ecosystem ecology at Michigan. I'll be happy to send anyone a pdf who can't access it; here is the citation: Currie WS (2011) Units of nature or processes across scales? The ecosystem concept at age 75. New Phytologist 190(1):21-34. Best, Bill Currie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William S. Currie Professor School of Natural Resources and Environment University of Michigan [email protected] http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wcurrie/ On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 8:48 PM, VOLTOLINI <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear friends, > > I am preparing classes about Ecosystem Ecology using classic text books > like Begon et al and Ricklefs but after reading several chapters I am > feeling these books don’t have a good introduction to the subject when > thinking about undergraduate students. > > Ricklefs (Economy of Nature) includes four chapters (19, 22, 23, 24) about > succession and energy but not one with a good introduction about structure > and function and I am feeling the same about Townsend et al (Essentials of > Ecology) with two chapters (11, 12) about energy and matter flow and > biogeochemical cycles and also the same about Begon et al (Ecology: From > individuals to ecosystems) with four chapters (17, 18, 20, 22) exploring > subjects like energy and matter flow, food webs and applied ecology. > > Differently, more specific books like Ecosystem Ecology by Jørgensen > includes the first 140 pages with a good introduction, Fundamentals of > Ecosystem Science by Weathers and Strayer also includes the first 92 pages > with an introduction and the last I read was Principles of Terrestrial > Ecosystem Ecology by Chapin and Matson with 17 pages introducing ecosystems. > > I would like to receive other impressions as well suggestions about > teaching ecosystem ecology! > > Thanks > > > Prof. Dr. J. C. VOLTOLINI > Grupo de Pesquisa e Ensino em Biologia da Conservação - ECOTROP > Universidade de Taubaté, Departamento de Biologia Taubaté, SP. > E-Mail: [email protected] > * Grupo de pesquisa ECOTROP CNPq: http://dgp.cnpq.br/ > buscaoperacional/detalhepesq.jsp?pesq=8137155809735635 > * Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8137155809735635 > * Assessoria Estatística: http://assessoria-estatistica.blogspot.com.br/ > * Fotos de Cursos e Projetos: https://www.facebook.com/ > ecotrop/photos_albums
