Energetic Food Webs: An Analysis Of Real And Model Ecosystems (oxford Series In Ecology And Evolution)

Food Webs Describe Biological Communities In Terms Of Feeding Interactions. This Book Integrates The Latest Work On Community Dynamics, Ecosystems Energetics, And Stability To Dispel Categorisation Of The Field Into Separate Subdiciplines Of Population, Community, And Ecosystem Ecology. Ch. 1. Approaches To Studying Food Webs -- Ch. 2. Models Of Simple And Complex Systems -- Ch. 3. Connectedness Food Webs -- Ch. 4 Energy Flux Food Webs -- Ch. 5. Functional Webs -- Ch. 6. Energetic Organization And Food Web Stability -- Ch. 7. Enrichment, Trophic Structure, And Stability -- Ch. 8. Modeling Compartments -- Ch. 9. Productivity, Dynamic Stability, And Species Richness -- Ch. 10. Species-based Versus Biomass-based Food Web Descriptions -- Ch. 11. Dynamic Architectures And Stability Of Complex Systems Along Productivity Gradients -- Ch. 12. Food Web Dynamics Beyond Asymptotic Behavior. John C. Moore, Peter C. De Ruiter. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [310]-328) And Index.