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Food Webs and Biodiversity
Author | : Axel G. Rossberg |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2013-06-03 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781118502174 |
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Food webs have now been addressed in empirical and theoretical research for more than 50 years. Yet, even elementary foundational issues are still hotly debated. One difficulty is that a multitude of processes need to be taken into account to understand the patterns found empirically in the structure of food webs and communities. Food Webs and Biodiversity develops a fresh, comprehensive perspective on food webs. Mechanistic explanations for several known macroecological patterns are derived from a few fundamental concepts, which are quantitatively linked to field-observables. An argument is developed that food webs will often be the key to understanding patterns of biodiversity at community level. Key Features: Predicts generic characteristics of ecological communities in invasion-extirpation equilibrium. Generalizes the theory of competition to food webs with arbitrary topologies. Presents a new, testable quantitative theory for the mechanisms determining species richness in food webs, and other new results. Written by an internationally respected expert in the field. With global warming and other pressures on ecosystems rising, understanding and protecting biodiversity is a cause of international concern. This highly topical book will be of interest to a wide ranging audience, including not only graduate students and practitioners in community and conservation ecology but also the complex-systems research community as well as mathematicians and physicists interested in the theory of networks. "This is a comprehensive work outlining a large array of very novel and potentially game-changing ideas in food web ecology." —Ken Haste Andersen, Technical University of Denmark "I believe that this will be a landmark book in community ecology ... it presents a well-established and consistent mathematical theory of food-webs. It is testable in many ways and the author finds remarkable agreements between predictions and reality." —Géza Meszéna, Eötvös University, Budapest
Dynamic Food Webs
Author | : Peter C de Ruiter,Volkmar Wolters,John C Moore |
Publsiher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 2005-12-20 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0080460941 |
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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. 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
Food Webs
Author | : John C. Moore,Peter C. de Ruiter,Kevin S. McCann,Volkmar Wolters |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781107182110 |
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This book presents new approaches to studying food webs, using practical and policy examples to demonstrate the theory behind ecosystem management decisions.
Aquatic Food Webs
Author | : Andrea Belgrano,Ursula M. Scharler,Jennifer Dunne,Robert E. Ulanowicz |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2005-04-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780191524066 |
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This volume provides a current synthesis of theoretical and empirical food web research. Whether they are binary systems or weighted networks, food webs are of particular interest to ecologists in providing a macroscopic view of ecosystems. They describe interactions between species and their environment, and subsequent advances in the understanding of their structure, function, and dynamics are of vital importance to ecosystem management and conservation. Aquatic Food Webs provides a synthesis of the current issues in food web theory and its applications, covering issues of structure, function, scaling, complexity, and stability in the contexts of conservation, fisheries, and climate. Although the focus of this volume is upon aquatic food webs (where many of the recent advances have been made), any ecologist with an interest in food web theory and its applications will find the issues addressed in this book of value and use. This advanced textbook is suitable for graduate level students as well as professional researchers in community, ecosystem, and theoretical ecology, in aquatic ecology, and in conservation biology.
Ecological Networks
Author | : Mercedes Pascual,Jennifer A. Dunne |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0195188160 |
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Food webs are one of the most useful, and challenging, objects of study in ecology. These networks of predator-prey interactions, conjured in Darwin's image of a "tangled bank," provide a paradigmatic example of complex adaptive systems. This book is based on a February 2004 Santa Fe Institute workshop. Its authors treat the ecology of predator-prey interactions, food web theory, structure and dynamics. The book explores the boundaries of what is known of the relationship between structure and dynamics in ecological networks and will define directions for future developments in this field.
Energetic Food Webs
Author | : John C. Moore,Peter C. de Ruiter |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2012-05-31 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780198566182 |
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Food webs are viewed as open and dynamic systems.
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Author | : Michel Loreau,Shahid Naeem,Pablo Inchausti |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0198515715 |
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Increasing domination of ecosystems by humans is steadily transforming them into depauperate systems. How will this loss of biodiversity affect the functioning and stability of natural and managed ecosystems? This work provides comprehensive coverage of empirical and theoretical research.
Biodiversity and Food Chains
Author | : Gary Raham |
Publsiher | : Chelsea House |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Biodiversity |
ISBN | : 161753028X |
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