LEADER 04431nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910460278903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-64173-5 010 $a9786612641732 010 $a1-4008-3417-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400834174 035 $a(CKB)2670000000040754 035 $a(EBL)548752 035 $a(OCoLC)700687161 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000399852 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11275484 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399852 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10376416 035 $a(PQKB)11138864 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC548752 035 $a(OCoLC)650309234 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36755 035 $a(DE-B1597)446662 035 $a(OCoLC)979970236 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400834174 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL548752 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10397706 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL264173 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000040754 100 $a20091229d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aResolving ecosystem complexity$b[electronic resource] /$fOswald J. Schmitz 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 225 1 $aMonographs in population biology ;$v44 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12848-0 311 $a0-691-12849-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tList of Tables -- $tPreface -- $tCHAPTER 1. Introduction -- $tCHAPTER 2. Conceptualizing Ecosystem Structure -- $tCHAPTER 3. Trophic Dynamics: Why Is the World Green? -- $tCHAPTER 4. The Green World and the Brown Chain -- $tCHAPTER 5. The Evolutionary Ecology of Trophic Control in Ecosystems -- $tCHAPTER 6. The Whole and the Parts -- $tCHAPTER 7. The Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Ecological Play -- $tClosing Remarks -- $tReferences -- $tIndex -- $tMonographs in Population Biology 330 $aAn ecosystem's complexity develops from the vast numbers of species interacting in ecological communities. The nature of these interactions, in turn, depends on environmental context. How do these components together influence an ecosystem's behavior as a whole? Can ecologists resolve an ecosystem's complexity in order to predict its response to disturbances? Resolving Ecosystem Complexity develops a framework for anticipating the ways environmental context determines the functioning of ecosystems. Oswald Schmitz addresses the critical questions of contemporary ecology: How should an ecosystem be conceptualized to blend its biotic and biophysical components? How should evolutionary ecological principles be used to derive an operational understanding of complex, adaptive ecosystems? How should the relationship between the functional biotic diversity of ecosystems and their properties be understood? Schmitz begins with the universal concept that ecosystems are comprised of species that consume resources and which are then resources for other consumers. From this, he deduces a fundamental rule or evolutionary ecological mechanism for explaining context dependency: individuals within a species trade off foraging gains against the risk of being consumed by predators. Through empirical examples, Schmitz illustrates how species use evolutionary ecological strategies to negotiate a predator-eat-predator world, and he suggests that the implications of species trade-offs are critical to making ecology a predictive science. 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