| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 590 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Theoretical ecology series
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Theoretical ecology series.
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| Summary |
Dynamic Food Webs challenges us to rethink what factors may determine ecological and evolutionary pathways of food web development. It touches upon the intriguing idea that trophic interactions drive patterns and dynamics at different levels of biological organization: dynamics in species composition, dynamics in population life-history parameters and abundances, and dynamics in individual growth, size and behavior. These dynamics are shown to be strongly interrelated governing food web structure and stability and the role of populations and communities play in ecosystem functioning. Dyanmic Food Webs not only offers over 100 illustrations, but also contains 8 riveting sections devoted to an understanding of how to manage the effects of environmental change, the protection of biological diversity and the sustainable use of natural resources. Dyanmic Food Webs is a volume in the Theoretical Ecology series. * Relates dynamics on different levels of biological organization: individuals, populations, and communities * Deals with empirical and theoretical approaches * Discusses the role of community food webs in ecosystem functioning * Proposes methods to assess the effects of environmental change on the structure of biological communities and ecosystem functioning * Offers an analyses of the relationship between complexity and stability in food webs. |
| Contents |
Dynamic Food Webs -- Dynamic Food Web Structures -- Population Dynamics and Food Webs -- Body Size and Food Webs -- Nutrient and Resource Dynamics and Food Webs -- Biodiversity and Food Web Structure and Function -- Environmental Change, Perturbations and Food Webs. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-540) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Food chains (Ecology)
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Food chains (Ecology) |
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Food Chain. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
De Ruiter, Peter Cornelis, 1952-
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Wolters, Volkmar.
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Moore, John C. (John Christopher)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dynamic food webs. Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2005 0120884585 9780120884582 (DLC) 2006296220 (OCoLC)63168787 |
| ISBN |
9780120884582 |
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0120884585 |
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0080460941 (electronic book) |
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9780080460949 (electronic book) |
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