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This book is based on proceedings from a February 2004 Santa Fe Institute workshop. Its contributing chapter authors treat the ecology of predator-prey interactions and food web theory, structure, and dynamics, joining researchers who also work on complex systems and on large nonlinear networks from the points of view of other sub-fields within ecology. Food webs play a central role in the debates on the role of complexity in stability, persistence, and resilience. Better empirical data and the exploding interest in the subject of networks across social, physical, and natural sciences prompted creation of this volume. The book explores the boundaries of what is known of the relationship between structure and dynamics in ecological networks and defines directions for future developments in this field.

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Author:   Mercedes Pascual (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan) ,  Jennifer A. Dunne (Visiting Researcher, Visiting Researcher, Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 15.60cm
Weight:   0.744kg
ISBN:  

9780195188165

ISBN 10:   0195188160
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   26 January 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

M. Pascual and J. A. Dunne: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1: M. Pascual and J. A. Dunne: From Small to Large Ecological Networks in a Dynamic World PART II: STRUCTURE OF COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS 2: J. A. Dunne: The Network Structure of Food Webs 3: C. C. Cartozo, G. Garlaschelli, and G. Caldarelli: Graph Theory and Food Webs 4: A. Dobson, K. Lafferty, and A. Kuris: Parasites and Food Webs 5: J. Bascompte and P. Jordano: The Structure of Plant-Animal Mutualistic Networks PART III: INTEGRATING ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS 6: N. D. Martinez, R. J. Williams, and J. A. Dunne: Diversity, Complexity, and Persistance in Large Model Ecosystems 7: Exploring Network Space with Genetic Algorithms Modularity, Resilience, and Reactivity 8: J. F. Gillooly, A. P. Allen, and J. H. Brown: Food-Web Structure and Dynamics: Reconciling Alternative Ecological Currencies PART IV: ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS AS EVOLVING, ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS 9: A. J. McKane and B. Drossel: Models of Food-Web Evolution 10: S. D. Peacor, R. L. Riolo, and M. Pascual: Phenotypic Plasticity and Species Coexistence: Modeling Food Webs as Complex Adaptive Systems 11: C. O. Wilke and S. S. Chow: Exploring the Evolution of Ecosystems with Digital Organisms 12: N. D. Martinez: Network Evolution: Exploring the Change and Adaptation of Complex Ecological Systems over Deep Time PART V: STABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS OF ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS 13: R. V. Sole and J. M. Montoya: Ecological Network Meltdown from Habitat Loss and Fragmentatino 14: J. Memmott, David Alonso, E. L. Berlow, A. Dobson, J. A. Dunne, R. V. Sole, and J. Weitz: Biodiversity Loss and Ecological Network Structure 15: M. Pascual, J. A. Dunne, and S. A. Levin: Challenges for the Future: Integrating Ecological Structure and Dynamics

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