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The Role of Body Size in Multispecies Systems, Volume 45
1st Edition
Serial Volume Editors:
Andrea Belgrano
Julia Reiss
eBook ISBN: 9780123864765
Hardcover ISBN: 9780123864758
Imprint: Academic Press
Published Date: 10th October 2011
Page Count: 352
View all volumes in this series: Advances in Ecological Research
Table of Contents
Contributors
Preface
The need for a more integrative approach to ecology and a return to the roots of the science
A changing world view?
Searching for simplifying rules within a complex science
The division and reconnection of fisheries science and ecology
Individual-based data and the “curse of the latin binomial”
Beyond taxonomy and body size?
Determinants of Density–Body Size Scaling Within Food Webs and Tools for Their Detection
I. Introduction
II. Density–Mass from Different Angles
III. DMR and Food Webs
IV. Statistical Issues
V. DMR and Its Detection in a Metacommunity
VI. Conclusions
Predicted Effects of Behavioural Movement and Passive Transport on Individual Growth and Community Size Structure in Marine Ecosystems
I. Introduction
II. Methods
III. Results
IV. Discussion
Seeing Double: Size-Based and Taxonomic Views of Food Web Structure
I. Introduction
II. Methods
III. Results
IV. Discussion
Body Size, Life History and the Structure of Host–Parasitoid Networks
I. An Introduction to Ecological Network Theory and Host–parasitoid Networks
II. The Structuring of Trophic Networks
III. Limitations on Host Range
IV. Life History and Host Range
V. Realised Niche in Parasitoids
VI. Parasitoid Life History and Host Electivity
VII. Sex Allocation and Host Quality
VIII. Conclusions
The Role of Body Size in Complex Food Webs: A Cold Case
I. Introduction
II. Methods
III. Results
IV. Discussion
V. Conclusion
Appendix
Eco-evolutionary Dynamics of Individual-Based Food Webs
I. Introduction
II. Material and Methods
III. Results
IV. Summary and Discussion
Scale Dependence of Predator–Prey Mass Ratio: Determinants and Applications
I. Introduction
II. Data
III. Scale Dependence of Predator–Prey Mass Ratio
IV. Determinants of Predator–Prey Mass Ratio
V. Perspectives
VI. Conclusion
Index
Description
The general theme is being based around the ongoing European Science Foundation SIZEMIC Research Network, which has been running for several years. The network has focused on the role of body size in ecosystems and embraces a wide remit that spans all ecosystem types and a range of disciplines, from theoretical to applied ecology.
Key Features
- Updates and informs the reader on the latest research findings
- Written by leading experts in the field
- Highlights areas for future investigation
Readership
Ecologists, environmentalists
Details
- No. of pages:
- 352
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Academic Press 2011
- Published:
- 10th October 2011
- Imprint:
- Academic Press
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780123864765
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780123864758
Reviews
"Important and innovative contributions to the subject and together have a breadth of approach that means that what they choose to put before their readers is likely to be of unusual interest or significance." --Plant Pathology
About the Serial Volume Editors
Andrea Belgrano Serial Volume Editor
Andre Belgrano is currently at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Resources, Institute of Marine Research, Lysekil, and at the Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment (SIME), Gothenburg, in Sweden. He has held faculty positions in the United States at the University of Maryland, University of New Mexico, University of Washington, and was a visiting scientist at the National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR), Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Dr Belgrano is broadly interested in ecological and evolutionary studies that use ecosystem status and trend data, for characterising relationships between diversity patterns and ecosystem functioning, which includes the effect of commercial fisheries, climate change and environmental variability.
His research approach is to use the broad concepts of macroecology, food webs theory and evolution to understand the underlying common rules governing ecosystem dynamics and functioning. Most of Dr Belgrano’s current work focuses on functional biodiversity, ecosystem-based management for marine fisheries, ocean health, governance, sustainability and resilience in aquatic systems.
Affiliations and Expertise
Department of Aquatic Resources, Institute of Marine Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lysekil, Sweden; and Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment (SIME), Gothenburg, Sweden
Julia Reiss Serial Volume Editor
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