Food webs /
"Human impacts are dramatically altering our natural ecosystems. The implications of these human impacts on the sustainability and functioning of these amazingly complex entities remains uncertain. As a result, food web theory has experienced a proliferation of research that seeks to address th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2012]
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| Series: | Monographs in population biology ;
50. |
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| Summary: | "Human impacts are dramatically altering our natural ecosystems. The implications of these human impacts on the sustainability and functioning of these amazingly complex entities remains uncertain. As a result, food web theory has experienced a proliferation of research that seeks to address this critical area. This book synthesizes modern and classical results into a general theory. Finally, this book takes this general theoretical framework and discusses the implications of human impact for the stability and sustainability of ecological systems"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691134178 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 0691134170 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 9780691134185 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0691134189 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |