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Trait-based ecology : from structure to function Volume 52 /
The theme of this volume is Trait-Based Ecology - From Structure to Function. Advances in Ecological Research is one of the most successful series in the highly competitive field of ecology. Each volume publishes topical and important reviews, interpreting ecology as widely as in the past, to includ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Advances in ecological research ;
v. 52. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Trait-Based Ecology
- From Structure to Function; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chapter One: Scaling-up Trait Variation from Individuals to Ecosystems; 1. Why Is it Important to Understand Traits and Trait Variation?; 2. Traits and Individual-Level Variation; 3. Population-Level Effects of Trait Variation; 3.1. Functional Response and Prey Selection; 3.2. Functional Response, Interference Competition and Species Interactions; 4. Meta-Population Effects of Trait Variation; 4.1. Dispersal Ability; 5. Community-Level Effects of Trait Variation.
- 5.1. Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Traits in Tri-Trophic Systems5.2. Patterns of Functional Trait Distributions in Real Systems; 5.3. Functional Traits and Community Assembly; 6. Ecosystem-Level Effects of Trait Variation; 6.1. Functional Traits and Their Effect on Ecosystem Functioning; 6.2. Functional Traits, Variation and Metabolic Theory: A Trait-Driver Approach to Ecosystems; 6.3. A Relational Approach to Trait Ecology; 7. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter Two: Individual Variability: The Missing Component to Our Understanding of Predator-Prey Interactions; 1. Introduction.
- 2. What Shapes Predation Risk and Prey Selection?2.1. Predation risk; 2.2. Prey selection; 3. Individual Variability and Functional Responses; 3.1. Impact on the strength of the response; 3.2. Impact on the type of response; 4. Accounting for Individual Variability When Modelling Predator-Prey Interactions; 5. Conclusions; References; Chapter Three: Individual Variation Decreases Interference Competition but Increases Species Persistence; 1. Introduction; 2. Methods; 2.1. The general model; 2.2. Individual variation; 3. Results; 3.1. Low phenotypic mismatch; 3.2. Large phenotypic mismatch.
- 3.3. Interference, attack efficiency consumer persistence and competitive ability4. Discussion; 4.1. Variation and interference; 4.2. Variation and competitive ability; 4.3. Eco-evolutionary feedbacks; 4.4. Underlying controlling traits; 4.5. Testable predictions from the theory of individual variation; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter Four: Predictors of Individual Variation in Movement in a Natural Population of Threespine Stickleback (Gasteroste ... ; 1. Introduction; 2. Methods; 2.1. Overview; 2.2. Population location and characteristics.
- 2.3. Animal marking and capture techniques2.3.1. Study 1; 2.3.2. Study 2; 2.4. Standardized open-field assay to measure exploratory behaviour; 2.5. Data analysis; 2.5.1. Study 1; 2.5.2. Study 2; 3. Results; 3.1. Study 1; 3.1.1. General characteristics of captured fish; 3.1.2. Consistent individual differences in behaviour; 3.1.3. Relationship between exploratory behaviour in the pool and movement in the river; 3.2. Study 2; 3.2.1. General characteristics of captured fish; 3.2.2. Relative influence of different traits on movement in the river; 4. Discussion.