00000cam a22000003a 4500 UP-1685594773861907163 Buklod 20130208151720.0 g||| | || || ta 130208s2012 xx d r |||| u| 9780198566199 (pbk.) (iLib)UPBAG-00009830484 QH 541.15 F66 M66 2012 Moore, John C. (John Christopher) Energetic food webs an analysis of real and model ecosystems John C. Moore, Peter C. De Ruiter. 1st ed. Oxford Oxford University Press 2012. ix, 333 p. ill. 24 cm Oxford series in ecology and evolution Oxford series in ecology and evolution Includes bibliographical references (p.[310]-328) and index. Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Approaches to studying food webs -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.Traditions in ecology -- 1.2.1.The community perspective -- 1.2.2.The ecosystem perspective -- 1.3.Food webs and traditions in ecology -- 1.3.1.Theoretically based food webs --1.3.2.Empirically based food webs: architecture -- 1.3.3.Empirically based food webs: information -- 1.3.4.How useful are these descriptions? -- 1.4.Bridging perspectives through energetics -- 1.4.1.Core concepts and elements -- 1.4.2.Comments on our approach to studying food webs -- 1.5.An overview of the parts and chapters -- 1.6.Summary -- pt. I Modeling simple and multispecies communities -- ch. 2 Models of simple and complex systems -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Model structure and assumptions -- 2.2.1.Dimensions of mass, area, and time -- 2.2.2.Functional responses -- 2.2.3.Energetic efficiency and conversion rates -- 2.2.4.Intraspecific competition and self-limitation -- 2.3.Stability. Food chains (Ecology) De Ruiter, Peter Cornelis 1952-. UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN QH 541.15 F66 M66 2012 Book