Book Description
This book argues that the "null model" for describing consumer-resource interactions in ecology must be changed. Evidence is drawn from experiments, from observations and from mathematical models.
Author : Roger Arditi
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 14,58 MB
Release : 2012-05-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0199913838
This book argues that the "null model" for describing consumer-resource interactions in ecology must be changed. Evidence is drawn from experiments, from observations and from mathematical models.
Author : Roger Arditi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 36,92 MB
Release : 2012-04-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 0199913846
Understanding the functioning of ecosystems requires the understanding of the interactions between consumer species and their resources. How do these interactions affect the variations of population abundances? How do population abundances determine the impact of predators on their prey? The view defended in this book is that the "null model" that most ecologists tend to use is inappropriate because it assumes that the amount of prey consumed by each predator is insensitive to the number of conspecifics. The authors argue that the amount of prey available per predator, rather than the absolute abundance of prey, is the basic determinant of the dynamics of predation. This so-called ratio dependence is shown to be a much more reasonable "null model."
Author : Roger Arditi
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 18,67 MB
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0199913838
This book argues that the "null model" for describing consumer-resource interactions in ecology must be changed. Evidence is drawn from experiments, from observations and from mathematical models.
Author : Mark R.T. Dale
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 15,44 MB
Release : 2017-11-09
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 110708931X
This book clearly describes the many applications of graph theory to ecological questions, providing instruction and encouragement to researchers.
Author : J. David Allan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 49,86 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401107297
Running waters are enormously diverse, ranging from torrential mountain brooks, to large lowland rivers, to great river systems whose basins occupy subcontinents. While this diversity makes river ecosystems seem overwhelmingly complex, a central theme of this volume is that the processes acting in running waters are general, although the settings are often unique. The past two decades have seen major advances in our knowledge of the ecology of streams and rivers. New paradigms have emerged, such as the river continuum and nutrient spiraling. Community ecologists have made impressive advances in documenting the occurrence of species interactions. The importance of physical processes in rivers has attracted increased attention, particularly the areas of hydrology and geomorphology, and the inter-relationships between physical and biological factors have become better understood. And as is true for every area of ecology during the closing years of the twentieth century it has become apparent that the study of streams and rivers cannot be carried out by excluding the role of human activities, nor can we ignore the urgency of the need for conservation. These developments are brought together in Stream Ecology: Structure and function of running waters, designed to serve as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and as a reference book for specialists in stream ecology and related fields.
Author : Anna Traveset
Publisher : CABI
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 16,79 MB
Release : 2020-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 1789242177
There are many books on aspects of plant invasions, but none that focus on the key role of species interactions in mediating invasions. This book reviews exciting new findings and explores how new methods and tools are shedding new light on crucial processes in plant invasions. This book will be of interest to academics and students of ecology, researchers engaged in developing management solutions, scientific managers of natural ecosystems, and policy-makers.
Author : Thomas J. Matthews
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 44,86 MB
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1108477070
Provides a comprehensive synthesis of a fundamental phenomenon, the species-area relationship, addressing theory, evidence and application.
Author :
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,88 MB
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 0128014334
The theme of this volume is to discuss Eco-evolutionary Dynamics. Updates and informs the reader on the latest research findings Written by leading experts in the field Highlights areas for future investigation
Author : Andrea Bierema
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 48,66 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Biology
ISBN :
Author : Philip D. Gingerich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 28,93 MB
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1107167248
An overview of evolutionary rates, analyzing data from laboratory, field and fossil record studies to extract their underlying generation-to-generation rates.