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Robert Desharnais, California State University, Los Angeles
Luo Yiqi, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Description
Population Dynamics and Laboratory Ecology highlights the contributions laboratory studies are making to our understanding of the
dynamics of ecological and evolutionary systems. Chapters address the scientific rationale for laboratory ecology, its historical role
within the broader discipline, and recent advances in research. The book presents results from a wide range of laboratory systems including
insects, mites, plankton, protists, and microbes.
A common theme throughout the book is the value of microcosm studies in advancing
our knowledge of ecological and evolutionary principles. Each chapter is authored by scientists who are leading experts in their fields.
The book addresses fundamental questions that are of interest to biologists whether they work in the laboratory or field or whether they
are primarily empiricists or theorists.
Audience
Plant, animal, population and microbial ecologists, theoretical and mathematical ecologists, research and teaching staff in ecology, advanced and graduate students in ecology
Contents
1. Understanding Ecological Concepts: The Role of Laboratory Systems
-- Michael B. Bohsall and Michael P. Hassell
2. Complexity,
Evolution, and Persistence in Host-Parasitoid Experimental Systems with Callosobruchus Beetles as the Host
-- Midori Tuda and
Masakazu Shimada
3. Population Dynamics, Life History and Demography: Lessons from Drosophila
-- Lawrence D. Mueller, Casandra
L. Rauser and Michael R. Rose
4. Nonlinear Stochastic Population Dynamics: The Flour Beetle Tribolium as an Effective Tool of
Discovery
-- Brian Dennis, Shandelle M. Henson and Aaron A. King
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5. Population Dynamics in a Noisy World: Lessons from a Mite Experimental
System
--Tim Benton and Andrew Beckerman
6. Global Persistence Despite Local Extinction in Acarine Predator-Prey Systems:
Lessons from Experimental and Mathematical Exercises
-- Maurice W. Sabelis, Arne Janssen, Odo Diekmann, Vincent A.A. Janssen, Erik
Van Gool and Minus Van Baalen
7. Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics of Experimental Plankton Communities
-- Gregor F. Fussman,
Stephen P. Ellner, Nelson G. Hairston, Jr., Laura E. Jones, Kyle W. Shertzer and Takehito Yoshida
8. The Contribution of Laboratory
Experiments on Protists to Understanding Population and Metapopulation Dynamics
-- Marcel Holyoak and Sharon P. Lawler
9. Microbial
Experimental Systems in Ecology
-- Christine M. Jessup, Samantha E. Forde and Brendan J. M. Bohannan
10. Parasitism Between Co-Infecting
Bacteriophages
-- Paul E. Turner
11. Constructing Nature: Laboratory Models as Necessary Tools for Investigating Complex Ecological
Communities
-- Marc W. Cadotte, James A. Drake and Tadashi Fukami
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 400 pages, publication date: AUG-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-013937-8
ISBN-10: 0-12-013937-5
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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