International Ecology Institute

21385 Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany

The book series 'Excellence in Ecology' (EE) was founded by Otto Kinne. It is published by the International Ecology Institute (ECI). EE presents books authored by noted ecologists of our time: the ECI Prize laureates. In a rotating pattern, books are published in the fields of marine, terrestrial or freshwater ecology. EE books address researchers, teachers, students and interested laymen, as well as administrators and politicians professionally engaged in ecology-related decision making. ECI laureates are elected by a jury composed of ECI members, all of high international reputation. For details on ECI laureates please visit this link.

EE books offer laureates a global stage for publicizing their views on important ecological issues, and for interpreting current scientific knowledge on the basis of their own experience and insight.

How to cite an EE Book - An example:

Gaston KJ (2023) Common ecology. Excellence in ecology. Book 32. International Ecology Institute, Oldendorf/Luhe

EE books are made available worldwide at cost price. A considerable number of books are donated to libraries in less developed countries.

• Book 1: ECOLOGY - POTENTIALS AND LIMITATIONS
  by Tom Fenchel, ECI laureate 1986 in marine ecology.
  Published 1987. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-01-3. Euro 35
  Also available as free download (.pdf, 27.1mb)
• Book 2: SUCCESS AND DOMINANCE IN ECOSYSTEMS: THE CASE OF THE SOCIAL INSECTS
  by Edward O. Wilson, ECI laureate 1987 in terrestrial ecology.
  Published 1990. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-02-0. Euro 26
  Also available as free download (.pdf, 17.5mb)
• Book 3: THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH: ITS USE AND ABUSE
  by Gene E. Likens, ECI laureate 1988 in limnetic ecology.
  Published 1992. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-03-7. Euro 31
  Also available as free download (.pdf, 6.3mb)
• Book 4: MARINE ROCKY SHORES AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY: AN EXPERIMENTALIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  by Robert T. Paine, ECI laureate 1989 in marine ecology.
  Published 1994. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-04-4. Euro 31
  Also available as free download (.pdf, 4.9mb)
• Book 5: THE GLOBALIZATION OF ECOLOGICAL THOUGHT
  by Harold A. Mooney, ECI laureate 1990 in terrestrial ecology.
  Published 1998. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-05-1. Euro 31
• Book 6: SCIENCE AND LIMNOLOGY
  by The late Frank H. Rigler and Robert H. Peters, ECI laureate 1991 in limnetic ecology.
  Published 1995. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-06-8. Euro 36
  Also available as free download (.pdf, 3.1mb)
• Book 7: TOWARDS A SCIENCE OF RECRUITMENT IN FISH POPULATIONS
  by David H. Cushing, ECI laureate 1992 in marine ecology.
  Published 1996. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-07-5. Euro 30
  Also available as free download (.pdf, 6.2mb)
• Book 8: A WORLD OF WOUNDS: ECOLOGISTS AND THE HUMAN DILEMMA
  by Paul R. Ehrlich, ECI laureate 1993 in terrestrial ecology.
  Published 1997. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-08-2. Euro 33
• Book 9: VEGETATION PROCESSES IN THE PELAGIC: A MODEL FOR ECOSYSTEM THEORY
  by Colin S. Reynolds, ECI laureate 1994 in limnetic ecology.
  Published 1997. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-09-9. Euro 35
• Book 10: OUR BIOSPHERE
  by Ramon Margalef, ECI laureate 1995 in marine ecology.
  Published 1997. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-10-5. Euro 25
• Book 11: COMMUNITY ECOLOGY IN A CHANGING WORLD
  by John H. Lawton, ECI laureate 1996 in terrestrial ecology.
  Published 2000. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-11-2. Euro 35
• Book 12: BETWEEN HAZARDS OF STARVATION AND RISK OF PREDATION: THE ECOLOGY OF OFFSHORE ANIMALS
  by Z. Maciej Gliwicz, ECI laureate 1997 in limnetic ecology.
  Published 2003. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-12-9. Euro 54
• Book 13: Cancelled
  
• Book 14: THE SHRINKING WORLD: ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF HABITAT LOSS
  by Ilkka Hanski, ECI laureate 1999 in terrestrial ecology.
  Published 2005. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-14-3. Euro 47
• Book 15: REGIME SHIFTS IN LAKE ECOSYSTEMS: PATTERNS AND VARIATION
  by Stephen R. Carpenter, ECI laureate 2000 in limnetic ecology.
  Published 2003. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-15-0. Euro 40
• Book 16: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY: PROCESS, CONSEQUENCES AND PRACTICE
  by Louis Legendre, ECI laureate 2001 in marine ecology.
  Published 2004. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-16-7. Euro 40. An electronic version of this book, abridged by the author, is also available as a free download (.pdf, 2.1mb)
• Book 17: THE CHALLENGES OF BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE
  by Michel Loreau, ECI laureate 2002 in terrestrial ecology.
  Published 2010. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-17-4. Euro 29
• Book 18: FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS AND THE CARBON CYCLE
  by Jonathan J. Cole, ECI laureate 2003 in limnetic ecology.
  Published 2013. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-18-1. Euro 33
• Book 19: Cancelled
  
• Book 20: ON THE CONCEPTUAL UNIFICATION OF ECOLOGY: AN UNFINISHED AGENDA (tentative title)
  by Robert D. Holt, ECI laureate 2005 in terrestrial ecology.
  In preparation.
• Book 21: DAPHNIA: DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL ORGANISM IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
  by Winfried Lampert, ECI laureate 2006 in limnetic ecology.
  Published 2011. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-21-1. Euro 44
• Book 22: GASPING FISH AND PANTING SQUIDS: OXYGEN, TEMPERATURE AND THE GROWTH OF WATER-BREATHING ANIMALS
  by Daniel Pauly, ECI laureate 2007 in marine ecology.
  Published 2010. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-22-8. Euro 40
• Book 22, 2^nd edn.: GASPING FISH AND PANTING SQUIDS: OXYGEN, TEMPERATURE AND THE GROWTH OF WATER-BREATHING ANIMALS, 2^nd edn. by Daniel Pauly, ECI laureate 2007 in marine ecology.
  Published 2019. print: V + 280 pp, ISBN 978-3-946729-13-6. Euro 44
  Published 2019. ebook (.epub), ISNB 987-3-946729-80-8. Euro 26.10
• Book 23: LESSONS FROM LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY (tentative title)
  by Monica Turner, ECI laureate 2008 in terrestrial ecology.
  In preparation.
• Book 24: LIBERATION ECOLOGY: THE RECONCILIATION OF NATURAL AND HUMAN CULTURES
  by Brian Moss, ECI laureate 2009 in limnetic ecology.
  Published 2012. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-24-2. Euro 44
• Book 25: INHERITING THE EARTH: THE IMPERATIVE FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW EARTH'S SYSTEMS OPERATE (tentative title)
  by Paul Falkowski, ECI laureate 2010 in marine ecology.
  In preparation.
• Book 26: Cancelled
• Book 27: FRESHWATER ACIDIFICATION: NATURAL HISTORY, ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
  by Alan Hildrew, ECI laureate 2012 in limnetic ecology.
  Published 2018. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-27-3. Euro 35
• Book 28: MARINE CARBON MATTERS: CONNECTING OCEAN GEOCHEMISTRY AND BIODIVERSITY (tentative title)
  by Antje Boetius, ECI laureate 2013 in marine ecology.
  In preparation.
• Book 29: TRANSLATIONAL ECOLOGY: COLLECTED WRITINGS ON CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
  by William Schlesinger, ECI laureate 2014 in terrestrial ecology.
  Published 2017. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-7. Euro 35
• Book 30: LAKES IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: REFLECTIONS ON TRACKING ECOSYSTEM CHANGE IN THE ARCTIC
  by John Smol, ECI laureate 2015 in freshwater ecology.
  Published 2023. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-30-3. Euro 50
  Published 2023. ebook (.epub), ISNB 987-3-946729-72-3. Euro 35.69
• Book 32: COMMON ECOLOGY
  by Kevin Gaston, ECI laureate 2017 in terrestrial ecology.
  Published 2023. ISSN 0932-2205. ISBN 978-3-946729-32-7. Euro 42
  Published 2023. ebook (.epub), ISNB 987-3-946729-70-9. Euro 26.17
• Book 33: WHY IS THERE SO MUCH ORGANIC MATTER, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO IT? A JOURNEY FROM SOIL TO SEA (tentative title)
  by Lars Tranvik, ECI laureate 2018 in freshwater ecology.
  In preparation.
• Book 35: GLOBAL PROBLEMS AND GLOBAL SOLUTIONS: DELIVERING EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION (tentative title)
  by William Sutherland, ECI laureate 2019 in terrestrial ecology.
  In preparation.

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