Population and community ecology of ontogenetic development
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Princeton University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Princeton |
Publication Dates: | c2013. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Monographs in population biology ; 51 |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 535 p.: ill.; ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780691137575 (cloth : alk. paper) 0691137579 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | Q951 |
CLC: | Q951 |
Call Number: | Q951/R781 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary : 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. |