林德曼(Raymond Laurel Lindeman，1915—1942)以数学方式定量地表达了群落中营养级的相互作用，建立了养分和能量循环的理论模型。这标志着生态学开始从定性研究走向定量研究，为生态学发展确立了理论取向，对当前的生态学研究仍然具有重大的指导意义。林德曼英年早逝，留世有数篇颇具影响力的论文，是从事营养级研究的必读经典文献，是将生态学从定性研究带入定量研究的里程碑，本书是这些论文的合集。
本书可供生态、生物、地理等专业高校师生和相关领域科研人员及自然科学爱好者阅读和收藏。
- 前辅文
- Lindeman RL (1939). Some affinities and varieties of the planktonic rotifer,Brachionus havanaensis Rousselet. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 58: 210–221.
- Lindeman RL (1941). The developmental history of Cedar Creek Bog,Minnesota. American Midland Naturalist 25: 101–112.
- Lindeman RL (1941). Seasonal food-cycle dynamics in a Senescent Lake.American Midland Naturalist 26: 636–673.
- Lindeman RL (1942). Experimental simulation of winter anaerobiosis in a Senescent Lake. Ecology 23: 1–13.
- Lindeman RL (1942). Seasonal distribution of midge larvae in a Senescent Lake. American Midland Naturalist 27: 428–444.
- Lindeman RL (1942). The trophic-dynamic aspect of ecology. Ecology 23: 399–417.
