Dynamic Food Webs
Multispecies Assemblages, Ecosystem Development and Environmental Change
John C Moore editor Peter C de Ruiter editor Volkmar Wolters editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Published:20th Dec '05
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A superb analysis of the relationship between complexity and stability in food webs
Challenges us to rethink what factors may determine ecological and evolutionary pathways of food web development. This book touches upon the intriguing idea that trophic interactions drive patterns and dynamics at different levels of biological organization.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. Dynamic 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. Dynamic Food Webs is a volume in the Theoretical Ecology series.
"Community, ecosystem, and food web ecologists will find much interest in this book. The overall quality of the chapters is high...it provides a valuable perspective on relationships among types of food web studies." --Sharon P. Lawler, University of California at Davis, for ECOLOGY
ISBN: 9780120884582
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1060g
608 pages