How species interact
Subtitle: altering the standard view on trophic ecology
By: Roger Arditi and Lev Ginzburg
Contributors: Ginzburg, Lev R.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780199913831
Subjects: Predation (Biology); Food chains (Ecology); Mathematical models
Description: Understanding the functioning of ecosystems requires the understanding of the interactions between consumer species and their resources. How do these interactions affect the variations of population abundances? How do population abundances determine the impact of predators on their prey? The view defended in this book is that the 'null model' that most ecologists tend to use is inappropriate because it assumes that the amount of prey consumed by each predator is insensitive to the number of conspecifics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.