Adaptive Herbivore Ecology - From Resources to Populations in Variable Environments

Zusammenfassung Adaptive Herbivore Ecology describes plant–herbivore interactions in the context of large African mammals (such as antelope and cattle) written by the world-leading ecologist, Norman Owen-Smith. The author develops models based on his extensive field experience in this valuable resource for academic researchers and graduates in many ecological fields. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Acronym and symbol conventions; 1. Conceptual origins: variability in time and space; 2. Consumer-resource models: theory and formulation; 3. Resource abundance: intake response and time frames; 4. Resource distribution: patch scales and depletion; 5. Resource quality: nutritional gain and diet choice; 6. Resource constraints: physiological capacities and costs; 7. Resource allocation: growth, storage and reproduction; 8. Resource production: regeneration and attrition; 9. Resource competition: exploitation and density dependence; 10. Resource-dependent mortality: nutrition, predation and demography; 11. Habitat suitability: resource components and stocking densities; 12. Resource partitioning: competition and coexistence; 13. Population dynamics: resource basis for instability; 14. An adaptive resource ecology: foundation and prospects; References; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: R. Norman Owen-Smith, R. Norman (University of the Witwaters Owen-Smith, R.norman Owen-Smith
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.06.2002
• EAN: 9780521810616
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81061-6
• Pagine: 392
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Ecology (; Cambridge Studies in Ecology
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Zoologia; NATURE / Ecology, Zoology & animal sciences, Animal Ecology, Zoology and animal sciences