Ecological energetics /

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:QH301 C3.76 n.91
Auteur principal: Foin, Theodore C
Autres auteurs: Head, J. J. (John Juan) (ed)
Format: Livre
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Burlington, N. C. : Carolina Biological Supply, Scientific Publications Department, ©1984.
Collection:Carolina Biology Readers ; 91
Sujets:
Bioenergetics
Bionergética
Ecology
Ecología
Food chains (Ecology)
Cadenas alimentarias (Ecología)
Table des matières:
  • The physical basis of energy flow in ecological systems
  • Some general consequences of energy proccesing by population
  • An example : the energetics of a water flea
  • Some general consequences of energy proccesing by communities
  • The aquatic community of Silver Springs as an energy-processing system
  • Dynamic consequences of energetics on communities
  • Decomposers as producers
  • Energy as a limiting resource
  • Biological attributes affecting energy processing
  • Relative sizes of consumer and prey
  • Attack and defense
  • Resource density
  • The stability properties of food webs
  • Applications of energetics concepts to resource management
  • Conclusions.

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