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This textbook blends evolution and trohpic dynamics, taking into account recent advances in both behavioural and population ecology. A central objective of this work is to consider whether adaptive behavioural decisions on the individual organism level might tend to stabilize trophic interactions. A second goal of the book is to explore the implications of presumably adaptive behaviours on trophic dynamics and the implications of these dynamics for the evolution of such behaviours. This volume should be of interest to evolutionary biologists, ecologist and behavioural ecologists.

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Author:   John Fryxell ,  Per Lundberg
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Volume:   20
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.321kg
ISBN:  

9780412994111

ISBN 10:   0412994119
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   31 October 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Objectives.- 1.2 Topics to be Covered.- 1.3 Predator—Prey Dynamics.- 1.4 Competition.- 1.5 Summary.- 2 Diet Selection.- 2.1 Nutrient-Maximizing Diets.- 2.2 Evolutionary Dynamics of Diet Selection.- 2.3 Balanced Nutrient Diets.- 2.4 Summary.- 3 Prey Defense.- 3.1 Types of Defenses.- 3.2 Defense Effects and Population Parameters.- 3.3 Parameter Effects on Dynamics.- 3.4 Time Allocation.- 3.5 Optimal Defense.- 3.6 Summary.- 4 Habitat Use and Spatial Structure.- 4.1 Habitat Variation.- 4.2 Energy-Maximizing Habitat Use.- 4.3 Evasion of Predators by Prey.- 4.4 Spatial Structure.- 4.5 Summary.- 5 Size-Selective Predation.- 5.1 Diet Selection Model.- 5.2 Partial Predation Model.- 5.3 The Size Structure Challenge.- 5.4 Summary.- 6 Interference and Territoriality.- 6.1 Interference.- 6.2 Territoriality.- 6.3 Summary.- 7 Epilogue.- References.

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