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OverviewThis textbook blends evolution and trohpic dynamics, taking into account recent advances in both behavioural and population ecology. A central objective of this work is to consider whether adaptive behavioural decisions on the individual organism level might tend to stabilize trophic interactions. A second goal of the book is to explore the implications of presumably adaptive behaviours on trophic dynamics and the implications of these dynamics for the evolution of such behaviours. This volume should be of interest to evolutionary biologists, ecologist and behavioural ecologists. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Fryxell , Per LundbergPublisher: Chapman and Hall Imprint: Chapman and Hall Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998 Volume: 20 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.321kg ISBN: 9780412994111ISBN 10: 0412994119 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 31 October 1997 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 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.- 2.1.1 Experimental Evidence for Optimal Diets.- 2.1.2 Partial Preferences.- 2.1.3 Diet Selection and the Functional Response.- 2.1.4 Experimental Tests of the Functional Response.- 2.1.5 Diet Choice and Population Dynamics.- 2.2 Evolutionary Dynamics of Diet Selection.- 2.3 Balanced Nutrient Diets.- 2.3.1 Experimental Evidence for Balanced Diets.- 2.3.2 Balanced Diets and Population Dynamics.- 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.- 3.4.1 Risk-Sensitive Prey.- 3.4.2 3-Link System.- 3.5 Optimal Defense.- 3.5.1 Perfectly Timed Induced Defense.- 3.5.2 Lagged Induced Defense.- 3.6 Summary.- 4 Habitat Use and Spatial Structure.- 4.1 Habitat Variation.- 4.2 Energy-Maximizing Habitat Use.- 4.2.1 Experimental Evidence for Optimal Habitat Choice.- 4.2.2 Habitat Choice and Predator-Prey Dynamics.- 4.2.3 Habitat Choice and Competitive Dynamics.- 4.3 Evasion of Predators by Prey.- 4.3.1 Experimental Evidence of Predator Evasion.- 4.3.2 Food Chain Dynamics.- 4.4 Spatial Structure.- 4.4.1 Experimental Evidence of Optimal Patch Use.- 4.4.2 Patchy Predator-Prey Dynamics.- 4.4.3 Experimental Evidence of Patchy Predator-Prey Dynamics.- 4.5 Summary.- 5 Size-Selective Predation.- 5.1 Diet Selection Model.- 5.1.1 Self-Thinning.- 5.1.2 Size-Dependent Consumption.- 5.1.3 Size-Selection and Population Dynamics.- 5.2 Partial Predation Model.- 5.2.1 Consumption Model.- 5.2.2 Partial Predation and Population Dynamics.- 5.3 The Size Structure Challenge.- 5.4 Summary.- 6 Interference and Territoriality.- 6.1 Interference.- 6.1.1 Interference and Population Dynamics.- 6.1.2 Social Structure and Interference Levels.- 6.1.3 Spatial Structure and Interference.- 6.2 Territoriality.- 6.2.1 Optimal Territory Size.- 6.2.2 Evidence for Optimal Territory Size.- 6.2.3 Optimal Territory Size and Population Dynamics.- 6.2.4 Systematic Foraging.- 6.2.5 Central-Place Foraging and Prey Spatial Refugia.- 6.2.6 Central-Place Foraging and Population Dynamics.- 6.3 Summary.- 7 Epilogue.- References.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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