Population and community ecology of ontogenetic development
By: Andre M. de Roos, Lennart Persson
Contributors: Persson, Lennart, 1948-
Series: Monographs in population biology
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 535
ISBN-13: 9780691137575
Subjects: Ontogeny; Niche (Ecology); Animal populations
Description: A bird's-eye view of community and population effects of ontogenetic development -- Life history processes, ontogenetic development, and density dependence -- Biomass overcompensation -- Emergent allee effects through biomass overcompensation -- Emergent facilitation among predators on size-structured prey -- Ontogenetic niche shifts -- Mixed interactions -- Ontogenetic niche shifts, predators, and coexistence among consumer species -- Dynamics of consumer-resource systems -- Dynamics of consumer-resource systems with discrete reproduction : multiple resources and confronting model predictions with empirical data -- Cannibalism in size-structured systems -- Demand-driven systems, model hierarchies, and ontogenetic asymmetry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.