LEADER 05228nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910163948203321 005 20180327123724.0 010 $a1-283-28823-0 010 $a9786613288233 010 $a0-12-386476-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000057523 035 $a(EBL)858699 035 $a(OCoLC)775872089 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000644715 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11941697 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644715 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680197 035 $a(PQKB)10955466 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC858699 035 $a(PPN)203674448 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000057523 100 $a20111129d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAdvances in ecological research$hVolume 45$iThe role of body size in multispecies systems /$fedited by Andrea Belgrano, Julia Reiss 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWaltham, Mass. $cAcademic Press/Elsevier$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (349 p.) 225 1 $aAdvances in ecological research,$x0065-2504 ;$vv. 45 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-12-386475-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; The Role of Body Size in Multispecies Systems; Copyright; Contents; Contributors to Volume 45; Preface; The need for a more integrative approach to ecology and a return to the roots of the science; A changing world view?; Searching for simplifying rules within a complex science; The division and reconnection of fisheries science and ecology; Individual-based Data and the "Curse of the Latin Binomial"; Beyond taxonomy and body size?; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 1: Determinants of Density-Body Size Scaling Within Food Webs and Tools for Their Detection; Abstract 327 $aI IntroductionII Density-Mass from Different Angles; III DMR and Food Webs; A Trophic Position; B Gape Limitation and DMR; C Discontinuities and the DMR; IV Statistical Issues; A Frequency Distribution; B Bivariate Relationships; C Multiple DMR in the Same Dataset; V DMR and Its Detection in a Metacommunity; A Study System; B Five DMRs in a Single System; C Cross-Community at Different Levels; D Amphibians as an Example of Discontinuous DMR; E Evaluation of Methodological Performance; VI Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References 327 $aChapter 2: Predicted Effects of Behavioural Movement and Passive Transport on Individual Growth and Community Size Structure in Marine EcAbstract; I Introduction; II Methods; A Model Development; B Growth and Mortality; C Spatial Flux; D Numerical Solution; E Parameter Choices; F Simulations; G Data; III Results; A Consequences of Behavioural Movement on Size Spectra; B Life Histories; C Parameter Sensitivities; D Consequences of Adding Abiotic Movement; E Effects of Simulated Phytoplankton Bloom; F Data; IV Discussion; Acknowledgments; References 327 $aChapter 3: Seeing Double: Size-Based and Taxonomic Views of Food Web StructureAbstract; I Introduction; A The Allometry of Trophic Relations; B Overcoming Pitfalls Through a Plurality of Viewpoints; C Individual-Based Food Webs: An Emerging Field; II Methods; A Study Sites-The Seven Food Webs; 1 Afon Hirnant; 2 Broadstone Stream; 3 Celtic Sea; 4 Coilaco, Guampoe and Trancura Rivers, Chile; 5 Tadnoll Brook; B Aggregation into Different Levels of Resolution and Groupings; 1 Different Levels of Resolution Based on Taxonomic Groupings 327 $a2 Different Levels of Aggregation Based on Size-Class Groupings3 Food Web Aggregations; C Response Variables Analysed; 1 Size Structure Dimension Set #1: Trophic Orderings; a Predator Mass-Prey Mass; b Predator Mass - Predator-Prey Mass Ratio; c Species Mass-Trophic height (TH); 2 Size Structure Dimension Sets #2 and 3: Diet Variation and Predator variation; a Predator Mass-Variance of Prey Mass and Prey Mass-Variance of Predator Mass; b Predator Mass-Range of Prey Mass and Prey Mass-Range of Predator Mass; c Species Mass-In-Degree (Generalism) and Out-Degree (Vulnerability) 327 $aD Statistical Analyses 330 $aThe general theme is being based around the ongoing European Science Foundation SIZEMIC Research Network, which has been running for several years. The network has focused on the role of body size in ecosystems and embraces a wide remit that spans all ecosystem types and a range of disciplines, from theoretical to applied ecology. Updates and informs the reader on the latest research findingsWritten by leading experts in the fieldHighlights areas for future investigation 410 0$aAdvances in ecological research ;$vv. 45. 517 3 $aRole of body size in multispecies systems 606 $aAnimal ecology 606 $aBody size 615 0$aAnimal ecology. 615 0$aBody size. 676 $a574.5082 676 $a591.41 676 $a591.41 701 $aBelgrano$b Andrea$01232876 701 $aReiss$b Julia$01232877 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163948203321 996 $aAdvances in ecological research$92862761 997 $aUNINA