Metabolic Ecology
A Scaling Approach
Published on 26. March 2012
256 pages
978-1-119-96851-1 (ISBN)
Description
One of the first textbooks in this emerging important field ofecology.
Most of ecology is about metabolism: the ways that organisms useenergy and materials. The energy requirements of individuals- their metabolic rates - vary predictably with theirbody size and temperature. Ecological interactions are exchanges ofenergy and materials between organisms and their environments. Sometabolic rate affects ecological processes at all levels:individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems. Each chapterfocuses on a different process, level of organization, or kind oforganism. It lays a conceptual foundation and presents empiricalexamples. Together, the chapters provide an integrated frameworkthat holds the promise for a unified theory of ecology.
The book is intended to be accessible to upper-levelundergraduate, and graduate students, but also of interest tosenior scientists. Its easy-to-read chapters and clearillustrations can be used in lecture and seminar courses. Togetherthey make for an authoritative treatment that will inspire futuregenerations to study metabolic ecology.
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"If you want a thorough, up-to-date coverage of researchbased upon the MTE and its many applications, this book is amust-read." (Ecology, 1 January 2013)"Intended to be accessible to upper-level undergraduates, thebook should be widely-read by anyone who seeks a more powerfulscience of ecology." (British Ecological SocietyBulletin, 1 December 2012) "The book is copiously illustrated, and the complexmathematics limited and treated discreetly so the nonmathematiciancan follow the logic. A necessary read for ecologists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduatesand above." (Choice, 1 November 2012)More details
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Persons
Richard Sibly is Professor in the School of BiologicalSciences at the University of Reading where he teaches BehaviouralEcology and Population Biology. He researches metabolic ecologyquestions with members of Jim Brown's Lab at the University of NewMexico and also works to promote the use of Agent Based Models(ABMs) more widely in ecology.
James H. Brown is Distinguished Professor of Biology atthe University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. He led the developmentof the Metabolic Theory of Ecology on which this book is largelybased. He has a long history of research in biogeography andmacroecology, taking a large-scale statistical approach toquestions about abundance, distribution, and diversity.
Astrid Kodric-Brown is Professor of Biology at theUniversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Her research interestsinclude the behavioral ecology of freshwater fishes, especially theevolution of mate recognition systems and their role in speciationin pupfishes (Cyprinodon); the allometry ofsexually-selected traits; and community structure and conservationof desert fishes.
Content
Notes on contributors, vii
Preface, xiv
Introduction: Metabolism as the basis for a theoreticalunification of ecology, 1
JAMES H. BROWN, RICHARD M. SIBLY, AND ASTRIDKODRIC-BROWN
PART I FOUNDATIONS, 7
1 Methodological tools, 9
ETHAN P. WHITE, XIAO XIAO, NICK J. B. ISAAC, AND RICHARD M.SIBLY
2 The metabolic theory of ecology and its central equation,21
JAMES H. BROWN AND RICHARD M. SIBLY
3 Stoichiometry, 34
MICHAEL KASPARI
4 Modeling metazoan growth and ontogeny, 48
ANDREW J. KERKHOFF
5 Life history, 57
RICHARD M. SIBLY
6 Behavior, 67
APRIL HAYWARD, JAMES F. GILLOOLY, AND ASTRIDKODRIC-BROWN
7 Population and community ecology, 77
NICK J.B. ISAAC, CHRIS CARBONE, AND BRIAN MCGILL
8 Predator-prey relations and food webs, 86
OWEN L. PETCHEY AND JENNIFER A. DUNNE
9 Ecosystems, 99
KRISTINA J. ANDERSON-TEIXEIRA AND PETER M. VITOUSEK
10 Rates of metabolism and evolution, 112
JOHN L. GITTLEMAN AND PATRICK R. STEPHENS
11 Biodiversity and its energetic and thermal controls,120
DAVID STORCH
PART II SELECTED ORGANISMS AND TOPICS, 133
12 Microorganisms, 135
JORDAN G. OKIE
13 Phytoplankton, 154
ELENA LITCHMAN
14 Land plants: new theoretical directions and empiricalprospects, 164
BRIAN J. ENQUIST AND LISA PATRICK BENTLEY
15 Marine invertebrates, 188
MARY I. O'CONNOR AND JOHN F. BRUNO
16 Insect metabolic rates, 198
JAMES S. WATERS AND JON F. HARRISON
17 Terrestrial vertebrates, 212
WILLIAM KARASOV
18 Seabirds and marine mammals, 225
DANIEL P. COSTA AND SCOTT A. SHAFFER
19 Parasites, 234
RYAN F. HECHINGER, KEVIN D. LAFFERTY, AND ARMAND M.KURIS
20 Human ecology, 248
MARCUS J. HAMILTON, OSKAR BURGER, AND ROBERT S. WALKER
PART III PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS, 259
21 Marine ecology and fisheries, 261
SIMON JENNINGS, KEN H. ANDERSEN, AND JULIA L. BLANCHARD
22 Conservation biology, 271
ALISON G. BOYER AND WALTER JETZ
23 Climate change, 280
KRISTINA J. ANDERSON-TEIXEIRA, FELISA A. SMITH, AND S. K. MORGANERNEST
24 Beyond biology, 293
MELANIE E. MOSES AND STEPHANIE FORREST
25 Synthesis and prospect, 302
JAMES H. BROWN, RICHARD M. SIBLY, AND ASTRIDKODRIC-BROWN
Glossary, 306
References, 309
Index, 361
COMPANION WEBSITE
This book is accompanied by a companion website: www.wiley.com/go/sibly/metabolicecology
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