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Food webs [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin S. McCann
| Food webs [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin S. McCann |
| Autore | McCann Kevin S (Kevin Shear), <1964-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577/.16 |
| Collana | Monographs in population biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Food chains (Ecology)
Biotic communities |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Canadian Shield
Gershgorin discs Hopf bifurcation Robert Holt adaptive behavior alternative stable states aquatic microcosm asynchrony bifurcation bird feeder effect body size competition consumers consumerвesource dynamics consumerвesource interactions consumerвesource models consumerвesource theory continuous logistic growth models detritus diamond food web discrete equations dynamical systems theory dynamical systems ecological instability ecological stability ecological systems ecosystem collapse ecosystem dynamics ecosystem size ecosystem stability ecosystems eigenvalue equilibrium steady state equilibrium excitable interactions food chains food web structure food web theory food webs foraging generalism generalists grazing habitat human impacts interaction strength intraguild predation model lags lake trout local stability analysis matrix theory microcosm experiments mobile adaptive predators modular theory module motif natural ecosystems nature nonequilibrium dynamics nonequilibrium steady state nonexcitable interactions nutrient decomposition nutrient recycling nutrients omnivory oscillation oscillatory decay phase space population dynamics population growth population models population structure populations resources space species stage structure stage-structured lags subsidies subsystems sustainability time series trade-offs traits whole-community approach whole-system matrix |
| ISBN |
1-283-29071-5
9786613290717 1-4008-4068-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1. The Problem and the Approach -- CHAPTER ONE. The Balance of Nature: What Is It and Why Care? -- CHAPTER TWO. A Primer for Dynamical Systems -- CHAPTER THREE. Of Modules, Motifs, and Whole Webs -- Part 2. Food Web Modules: From Populations to Small Food Webs -- CHAPTER FOUR. Excitable and Nonexcitable Population Dynamics -- CHAPTER FIVE. Consumer-Resource Dynamics: Building Consumptive Food Webs -- CHAPTER SIX. Lagged Consumer-Resource Dynamics -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Food Chains and Omnivory -- CHAPTER EIGHT. More Modules -- Part 3. Toward Whole Systems -- CHAPTER NINE. Coupling Modules in Space: A Landscape Theory -- CHAPTER TEN. Classic Food Web Theory -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Adding the Ecosystem -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Food Webs as Complex Adaptive Systems -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461569803321 |
McCann Kevin S (Kevin Shear), <1964->
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| Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Food webs [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin S. McCann
| Food webs [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin S. McCann |
| Autore | McCann Kevin S (Kevin Shear), <1964-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577/.16 |
| Collana | Monographs in population biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Food chains (Ecology)
Biotic communities |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Canadian Shield
Gershgorin discs Hopf bifurcation Robert Holt adaptive behavior alternative stable states aquatic microcosm asynchrony bifurcation bird feeder effect body size competition consumers consumerвesource dynamics consumerвesource interactions consumerвesource models consumerвesource theory continuous logistic growth models detritus diamond food web discrete equations dynamical systems theory dynamical systems ecological instability ecological stability ecological systems ecosystem collapse ecosystem dynamics ecosystem size ecosystem stability ecosystems eigenvalue equilibrium steady state equilibrium excitable interactions food chains food web structure food web theory food webs foraging generalism generalists grazing habitat human impacts interaction strength intraguild predation model lags lake trout local stability analysis matrix theory microcosm experiments mobile adaptive predators modular theory module motif natural ecosystems nature nonequilibrium dynamics nonequilibrium steady state nonexcitable interactions nutrient decomposition nutrient recycling nutrients omnivory oscillation oscillatory decay phase space population dynamics population growth population models population structure populations resources space species stage structure stage-structured lags subsidies subsystems sustainability time series trade-offs traits whole-community approach whole-system matrix |
| ISBN |
1-283-29071-5
9786613290717 1-4008-4068-6 |
| Classificazione | SCI020000SCI008000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1. The Problem and the Approach -- CHAPTER ONE. The Balance of Nature: What Is It and Why Care? -- CHAPTER TWO. A Primer for Dynamical Systems -- CHAPTER THREE. Of Modules, Motifs, and Whole Webs -- Part 2. Food Web Modules: From Populations to Small Food Webs -- CHAPTER FOUR. Excitable and Nonexcitable Population Dynamics -- CHAPTER FIVE. Consumer-Resource Dynamics: Building Consumptive Food Webs -- CHAPTER SIX. Lagged Consumer-Resource Dynamics -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Food Chains and Omnivory -- CHAPTER EIGHT. More Modules -- Part 3. Toward Whole Systems -- CHAPTER NINE. Coupling Modules in Space: A Landscape Theory -- CHAPTER TEN. Classic Food Web Theory -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Adding the Ecosystem -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Food Webs as Complex Adaptive Systems -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789719303321 |
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McCann Kevin S (Kevin Shear), <1964->
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| Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Kea, bird of paradox [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution and behavior of a New Zealand parrot / / Judy Diamond and Alan B. Bond
| Kea, bird of paradox [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution and behavior of a New Zealand parrot / / Judy Diamond and Alan B. Bond |
| Autore | Diamond Judy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina | 598.7/1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BondAlan B. <1946-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Kea - Evolution
Kea - Behavior |
| Soggetto non controllato |
adaptability
adaptive behavior alpine habitat animal behavior animals behavioral flexibility biology bird ecology ecosystem ethology habitat kaka kea life sciences mountain birds mountains natural history nature new zealand nonfiction open program animals ornithology parrot rainforest science southern alps unforgiving environment wild animals wilderness zoology |
| ISBN |
1-282-35618-6
9786612356186 0-520-92080-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Moa's Legacy -- 2. From Relict to Renegade -- 3. Hanging Out with the Gang -- 4. Growing and Learning -- 5. The Prince and the Pauper -- 6. From Bounties to Black Markets -- Appendix A: List of Common and Scientific Names -- Appendix B: Supplementary Tables -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778079503321 |
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Diamond Judy
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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