Main Title |
Food webs / |
Author |
McCann, Kevin S.
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Publisher |
Princeton University Press, |
Year Published |
2012 |
OCLC Number |
724663930 |
ISBN |
9780691134178 (hbk. : acid-free paper); 0691134170 (hbk. : acid-free paper); 9780691134185 (pbk. : acid-free paper); 0691134189 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
Subjects |
Food chains (Ecology) ;
Biotic communities ;
SCIENCE / Life SCIENCEs / Ecology ;
SCIENCE / Life SCIENCEs / Biology / General
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ESBM Newport |
QH541.M23 2012 |
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CPHEA/PESD Library/Corvallis,OR |
06/22/2022 |
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Collation |
xii, 241 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-234) and index. |
Contents Notes |
"Human impacts are dramatically altering our natural ecosystems. The implications of these human impacts on the sustainability and functioning of these amazingly complex entities remains uncertain. As a result, food web theory has experienced a proliferation of research that seeks to address this critical area. This book synthesizes modern and classical results into a general theory. Finally, this book takes this general theoretical framework and discusses the implications of human impact for the stability and sustainability of ecological systems"-- pt. 1. The problem and the approach. The balance of nature: what is it and why care? -- A primer for dynamical systems -- Of modules, motifs, and whole webs -- pt. 2. Food web modules: from populations to small food webs. Excitable and nonexcitable population dynamics -- Consumer-resource dynamics: building consumptive food webs -- Lagged consumer-resource dynamics -- Food chains and omnivory -- More modules -- pt. 3. Toward whole systems. Coupling modules in space: a landscape theory -- Classic food web theory -- Adding the ecosystem -- Food webs as complex adaptive systems. |
Place Published |
Princeton, N.J. |
Title Ser Add Ent |
Monographs in population biology ; 50. |
PUB Date Free Form |
c2012 |
Series Title Untraced |
Monographs in population biology ; 50 |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
2011019434 |
Merged OCLC records |
756280555 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20120917165442 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
02921cam 2200505 a 45020 |