Ecological networks : linking structure to dynamics in food webs / editors, Mercedes Pascual, Jennifer A. Dunne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pascual, Mercedes, 1930- editor.

Dunne, Jennifer A., editor.

Series:

Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity.

Oxford scholarship online.

Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food chains (Ecology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Food webs are one of the most useful, and challenging, objects of study in ecology. These networks of predator-prey interactions, conjured in Darwin's image of a "tangled bank," provide a paradigmatic example of complex adaptive systems. This book is based on a February 2004 Santa Fe Institute workshop. Its authors treat the ecology of predator-prey interactions, food web theory, structure and dynamics. The book explores the boundaries of what is known of the relationship between structure and dynamics in ecological networks and will define directions for future developments in this field.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; A. INTRODUCTION; B. STRUCTURE OF COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; C. INTEGRATING ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; D. ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS AS EVOLVING, ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; E. STABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS OF ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; F. CONCLUSIONS; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 7, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-770077-2

0-19-988491-9

1-283-11343-0

9786613113436

0-19-977505-2

OCLC:

726734934