Individual Behavior and Community Dynamics
Published on 31. October 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-412-99411-1 (ISBN)
Description
A book blending evolution and trophic dynamics, taking into account recent advances in both behavioral and population ecology, is long overdue. A central objective of this book is to consider whether adaptive behavioral decisions on the individual organism level might tend to stabilize trophic interactions. A second major goal of the book is to explore the implications of presumably adaptive behaviors on trophic dynamics and the implications of trophic dynamics for the evolution of adaptive behaviors. All evolutionary biologists, ecologists, and behavioral ecologists should find this exciting volume essential reading.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
224 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
321 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-412-99411-1 (9780412994111)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4684-1421-9
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John Fryxell | Per Lundberg
Individual Behavior and Community Dynamics
E-Book
12/2012
Springer
€96.29
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Content
1 Introduction.- 1.1 Objectives.- 1.2 Topics to be Covered.- 1.3 Predator-Prey Dynamics.- 1.4 Competition.- 1.5 Summary.- 2 Diet Selection.- 2.1 Nutrient-Maximizing Diets.- 2.2 Evolutionary Dynamics of Diet Selection.- 2.3 Balanced Nutrient Diets.- 2.4 Summary.- 3 Prey Defense.- 3.1 Types of Defenses.- 3.2 Defense Effects and Population Parameters.- 3.3 Parameter Effects on Dynamics.- 3.4 Time Allocation.- 3.5 Optimal Defense.- 3.6 Summary.- 4 Habitat Use and Spatial Structure.- 4.1 Habitat Variation.- 4.2 Energy-Maximizing Habitat Use.- 4.3 Evasion of Predators by Prey.- 4.4 Spatial Structure.- 4.5 Summary.- 5 Size-Selective Predation.- 5.1 Diet Selection Model.- 5.2 Partial Predation Model.- 5.3 The Size Structure Challenge.- 5.4 Summary.- 6 Interference and Territoriality.- 6.1 Interference.- 6.2 Territoriality.- 6.3 Summary.- 7 Epilogue.- References.