Keywords:
Food chains (Ecology).
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Food webs are one of the most useful, and challenging, objects of study in ecology. These networks of predator-prey interactions, conjured in Darwin's image of a "tangled bank," provide a paradigmatic example of complex adaptive systems. This book is based on a February 2004 Santa Fe Institute workshop. Its authors treat the ecology of predator-prey interactions, food web theory, structure and dynamics. The book explores the boundaries of what is known of the relationship between structure and dynamics in ecological networks and will define directions for future developments in this field.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (405 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780199775057
Series Statement:
Santa Fe Institute Studies on the Sciences of Complexity Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=693954
DDC:
577/.16
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- A. INTRODUCTION -- 1. From Small to Large Ecological Networks in a Dynamic World -- B. STRUCTURE OF COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS -- 2. The Network Structure of Food Webs -- Box A. Additional Model Complexity Reduces Fit to Complex Food-Web Structure -- Box B. Reply to Martinez and Cushing -- 3. Graph Theory and Food Webs -- 4. Parasites and Food Webs -- Box C. Sea Lampreys in Great Lakes Food Webs -- 5. The Structure of Plant-Animal Mutualistic Networks -- C. INTEGRATING ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS -- 6. Diversity, Complexity, and Persistence in Large Model Ecosystems -- 7. Exploring Network Space with Genetic Algorithms Modularity, Resilience, and Reactivity -- 8. Food-Web Structure and Dynamics: Reconciling Alternative Ecological Currencies -- D. ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS AS EVOLVING, ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS -- 9. Models of Food-Web Evolution -- 10. Phenotypic Plasticity and Species Coexistence: Modeling Food Webs as Complex Adaptive Systems -- 11. Exploring the Evolution of Ecosystems with Digital Organisms -- 12. Network Evolution: Exploring the Change and Adaptation of Complex Ecological Systems over Deep Time -- E. STABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS OF ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS -- 13. Ecological Network Meltdown from Habitat Loss and Fragmentation -- 14. Biodiversity Loss and Ecological Network Structure -- F. CONCLUSIONS -- 15. Challenges for the Future: Integrating Ecological Structure and Dynamics -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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