Front cover -- Ecosystem Engineers, Plants to Protists -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Section I: HISTORY AND DEFINITIONS OF ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING -- Chapter 1: ON THE PURPOSE, MEANING, AND USAGE OF THE PHYSICAL ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING CONCEPT -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 ON THE DEFINITION -- 1.3 ON PROCESS UBIQUITY -- 1.4 ON EFFECT MAGNITUDE AND SIGNIFICANCE -- 1.5 ON USAGE -- 1.6 ON BREADTH AND UTILITY -- 1.7 ON THE UNDERLYING PERSPECTIVE -- 1.8 A CONCLUDING REMARK ON CONCEPT AND THEORY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 SOIL AND SEDIMENT PROCESSES -- 2.3 SUCCESSION -- 2.4 MICROCLIMATE MODIFICATION, FACILITATION, AND INHIBITION -- 2.5 HABITAT CREATION -- 2.6 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: A NEW SPIRIT AND CONCEPT FOR ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING? -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 A SHORT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- 3.3 A CONNECTION WITH KEYSTONE SPECIES? -- 3.4 A UNIQUE FEATURE FOR ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING? -- 3.5 A SELECTIVE ARGUMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING? -- 3.6 DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING: UTILITY, CONTENTION, AND PROGRESS -- REFERENCES -- Section II: EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS -- Chapter 5: EARTHWORMS AS KEY ACTORS IN SELF-ORGANIZED SOIL SYSTEMS -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 ADAPTATION OF EARTHWORMS AND OTHER ORGANISMS TO SOIL CONSTRAINTS: THE POWER OF MUTUALISM -- 5.3 THE DRILOSPHERE AS A SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEM -- 5.4 HARNESSING THE DRILOSPHERE TO RESTORE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS IN DEGRADED SOILS -- 5.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: MICROHABITAT MANIPULATION: ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING BY SHELTER-BUILDING INSECTS -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 SHELTERS AND SHELTER-BUILDERS -- 6.3 LEAF SHELTERS AS HABITATS FOR ARTHROPODS -- 6.4 ENGINEERING EFFECTS ON ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES.

6.5 PROSPECTUS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: CARPOBROTUS AS A CASE STUDY OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF SPECIES IMPACTS -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 CARPOBROTUS AS AN ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER -- 7.3 DISCUSSION -- 7.4 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8: ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING IN THE FOSSIL RECORD: EARLY EXAMPLES FROM THE CAMBRIAN PERIOD -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 PALEOCOMMUNITY RECONSTRUCTION -- 8.3 IDENTIFYING ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS IN THE FOSSIL RECORD -- 8.4 SETTING THE STAGE: THE CAMBRIAN PERIOD -- 8.5 EARLY METAZOAN ALLOGENIC ENGINEERS -- 8.6 EARLY METAZOAN AUTOGENIC ENGINEERS -- 8.7 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9: HABITAT CONVERSION ASSOCIATED WITH BIOERODING MARINE ISOPODS -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 SPHAEROMA QUOIANUM -- 9.3 SPHAEROMA TEREBRANS -- 9.4 LIMNORIA SPP. -- 9.5 LESSONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10: SYNTHESIS: LESSONS FROM DISPARATE ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS -- REFERENCES -- Section III: THEORIES AND MODELS -- Chapter 11: COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: RESULTS OF LOTKA-VOLTERRA COMMUNITY THEORY -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION -- 11.2 LOTKA-VOLTERRA COMMUNITY MODEL -- 11.3 DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12: MODEL STUDIES OF ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING IN PLANT COMMUNITIES -- 12.1 INTRODUCTION -- 12.2 A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR PLANT COMMUNITIES IN DRYLANDS -- 12.3 ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING IN THE MODEL -- 12.4 APPLYING THE MODEL TO WOODY-HERBACEOUS SYSTEMS -- 12.5 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13: BALANCING THE ENGINEER-ENVIRONMENT EQUATION: THE CURRENT LEGACY -- 13.1 INTRODUCTION -- 13.2 POPULATION MODELS OF ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS: THE SIMPLEST CASES -- 13.3 POPULATION MODELS: SPATIALLY EXPLICIT AND MECHANISTICALLY DETAILED CASES -- 13.4 POPULATION MODELS: CASES WITH AN EVOLUTIONARY FOCUS -- 13.5 COMMUNITY AND ECOSYSTEM MODELS.

13.6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14: SYNTHESIS OF ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING THEORY -- REFERENCES -- Section IV: SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS -- Chapter 15: RESTORING OYSTER REEFS TO RECOVER ECOSYSTEM SERVICES -- 15.1 INTRODUCTION -- 15.2 EVALUATING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROVIDED BY OYSTER REEFS -- 15.3 CHALLENGES AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16: MANAGING INVASIVE ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS: THE CASE OF SPARTINA IN PACIFIC ESTUARIES -- 16.1 INVASIVE ENGINEERS CAUSE UNIQUE PROBLEMS -- 16.2 SPARTINA INVASION IN WILLAPA BAY -- 16.3 DIFFICULTIES PREDICTING SPREAD -- 16.4 INVASION IMPACT MECHANISMS -- 16.5 CHOICE OF CONTROL STRATEGIES -- 16.6 ALTERNATIVE RESTORATION TRAJECTORIES -- 16.7 COLLATERAL IMPACTS OF CONTROL -- 16.8 RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 17: LIVESTOCK AND ENGINEERING NETWORK IN THE ISRAELI NEGEV: IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT -- 17.1 ENGINEERING NETWORKS -- 17.2 LIVESTOCK AND ENGINEERING NETWORK -- 17.3 NEGEV DESERT MANAGEMENT: EXPLOITATION AND MODULATION -- 17.4 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 18: ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS AND THE COMPLEX DYNAMICS OF NON-NATIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ON CALIFORNIA'S CHANNEL ISLANDS -- 18.1 INTRODUCTION -- 18.2 OVERVIEW OF CALIFORNIA'S CHANNEL ISLANDS -- 18.3 FERAL SHEEP AND PIGS ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND -- 18.4 POST-ERADICATION FLORA AND FAUNA DYNAMICS -- 18.5 NON-NATIVE SPECIES AS ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS AND ECOSYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE INVADERS -- 18.6 COMPLEXITY, UNCERTAINTY, AND THEIR ROLE IN SHAPING MANAGEMENT DECISIONS -- 18.7 CONCLUSION: HOW DOES THE ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER CONCEPT FIT INTO ONGOING AND FUTURE NON-NATIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS ON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 19: THE DIVERSE FACES OF ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS IN AGROECOSYSTEMS -- 19.1 PLANNED ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS -- 19.2 ASSOCIATED ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS.

19.3 THE INTERACTION OF HUMAN ENGINEERS WITH ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERS: THE CASE OF PESTICIDES -- 19.4 DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 20: MANAGEMENT AND ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND FUTURE CHALLENGES -- 20.1 INTRODUCTION -- 20.2 EFFECTS AND IMPACTS OF SINGLE ENGINEERING SPECIES -- 20.3 EFFECTS AND IMPACTS OF ENGINEERS IN THE CONTEXT OF ECOSYSTEMS -- 20.4 CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- COLOR PLATE.