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Aquatic functional biodiversity : an ecological and evolutionary perspective /

"Aquatic Functional Biodiversity: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective provides a general conceptual framework by some of the most prominent investigators in the field for how to link eco-evolutionary approaches with functional diversity to understand and conserve the provisioning of ecos...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Belgrano, Ana (Editor ), Woodward, Guy (Editor ), Jacob, Ute, 1974- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Elsevier : Academic Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Aquatic Functional Biodiversity; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Perspective: FunctionalBiodiversity during theAnthropocene; TERMINOLOGY AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES INECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS IN ECOLOGICALAND EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCES; BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICE CONSERVATION; REFERENCES; Section I
  • Theoretical Background; Chapter 1
  • From Metabolic Constraints on Individuals to the Dynamics of Ecosystems; INTRODUCTION; INDIVIDUAL METABOLIC RATE, BIOMECHANICS, AND FITNESS; The Size-and-Temperature Dependence of Metabolic Rate.
  • From Metabolic Rate to FitnessEvolution of Metabolic Rates and Thermal Physiology; FROM INDIVIDUAL METABOLISM AND BIOMECHANICS TO INTERACTIONS; A Metabolic Theory for Species Interactions; Empirical Support; FROM INTERACTIONS TO CONSUMER-RESOURCE DYNAMICS; Ecological Consumer-Resource Dynamics; Eco-Evolutionary Consumer-Resource Dynamics; FROM CONSUMER-RESOURCE PAIRS TO COMMUNITY AND ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; CONCLUSIONS; ABBREVIATIONS AND MATHEMATICAL SYMBOLS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2
  • Ecological Effects of Intraspecific Consumer Biodiversity for Aquatic Communities and Ecosystems.
  • INTRODUCTIONCASE STUDIES; Migration and Foraging Trait Divergence in Alewife; Life History Divergence in the Trinidadian Guppy; Divergence Due to Predators and Toxic Prey in Daphnia; Foraging Habitat Divergence in Threespine Stickleback; Within-Population Variation in Feeding Behavior in Pale Chub; META-ANALYSIS; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3
  • How Does Evolutionary History Alter the Relationship between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function?; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; Resource Competition Models; Model 1: Partially Substitutable Resources; Case 2: Essential Resources.
  • Model AnalysisReanalysis of Empirical Data; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; ABBREVIATION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4
  • Effects of Metacommunity Networks on Local Community Structures: From Theoretical Predictions to Empirical Eval ... ; INTRODUCTION; FOUR PARADIGMS; Patch Dynamics and Mass Effect; Patch Dynamics; Mass Effect; Species Sorting; Neutral Mechanisms; Theory Data; Metacommunity Networks; Community-Level Properties; Metacommunity-Level Properties; Weighted Metacommunity Networks; Methodologies for Estimating Metacommunity Networks; Maximum Entropy; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.
  • Section II
  • Across Aquatic EcosystemsChapter 5
  • Limited Functional Redundancy and Lack of Resilience in Coral Reefs to Human Stressors; INTRODUCTION; DATA QUALITY; PATTERN OF CHANGE; DRIVERS OF CHANGE; ARE CORAL REEFS FUNCTIONALLY REDUNDANT?; SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE RESILIENCE; Are there other Solutions Available?; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6
  • Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Services in Fresh Waters: Ecological and Evolutionary Implications of ... ; INTRODUCTION; Climate Change: An Environmental Stressor That Is More Than Just the Sum of Its Parts?