| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 241 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Monographs in population biology ; 50
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Monographs in population biology ; 50.
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| Summary |
"Human impacts are dramatically altering our natural ecosystems. The implications of these human impacts on the sustainability and functioning of these amazingly complex entities remains uncertain. As a result, food web theory has experienced a proliferation of research that seeks to address this critical area. This book synthesizes modern and classical results into a general theory. Finally, this book takes this general theoretical framework and discusses the implications of human impact for the stability and sustainability of ecological systems"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The problem and the approach. The balance of nature: what is it and why care? -- A primer for dynamical systems -- Of modules, motifs, and whole webs -- pt. 2. Food web modules: from populations to small food webs. Excitable and nonexcitable population dynamics -- Consumer-resource dynamics: building consumptive food webs -- Lagged consumer-resource dynamics -- Food chains and omnivory -- More modules -- pt. 3. Toward whole systems. Coupling modules in space: a landscape theory -- Classic food web theory -- Adding the ecosystem -- Food webs as complex adaptive systems. |
| 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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Biotic communities.
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Biotic communities. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McCann, Kevin S. (Kevin Shear), 1964- Food webs. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012 9780691134178 (DLC) 2011019434 (OCoLC)724663930 |
| ISBN |
9781400840687 (electronic book) |
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1400840686 (electronic book) |
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9780691134178 (hardback) |
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0691134170 (hardback) |
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9780691134185 (paperback) |
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0691134189 (paperback) |
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