Population and Community Ecology of Ontogenetic Development

Population and Community Ecology of Ontogenetic Development PDF Author: André M. de Roos
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691137579
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 551

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Book 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.