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In many cases this function is, as in the Lotka–Volterra case, a function of prey abundance only: g = g(N) (Holling, 1959; Watt, 1959; Ivlev, 1961; Takahashi, 1964, Rosenzweig, 1971; Tostowaryk, 1972, Jost et al., 1973; Real, 1977).
Discusses food chains, including the roles different organisms play, adaptations that help animals find food and avoid becoming food, different kinds of food chains, and how food chains change all the time.
This book deals with vertical patterns - those across trophic levels -and tries to compensate for their relative neglect.
The relationship between a defined and static structure or architecture of a food web and its dynamic state to stability – the tendency of a system to return to equilibrium following a minor disturbance – was central.
Explains what a food web is and focuses on the relationship between predator and prey.
Reflecting the recent surge of activity in food web research fueled by new empirical data, this authoritative volume successfully spans and integrates the areas of theory, basic empirical research, applications,...
Ecologists interested in food webs or community ecology will also find this book an invaluable tool for understanding the current state of knowledge of food web research.
The most recent volume of this series, Advances in Ecological Research, demonstrates a captivating knowledge of recent advances in the analysis of food webs. A food web describes the network of predator-prey interactions within a community.