Metabolic ecology : a scaling approach /
"Explains the new metabolic theory of ecology, puts it into context, and shows how it can be used to answer contemporary problems"--
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2012.
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| Series: | Wiley Online Library.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Explains the new metabolic theory of ecology, puts it into context, and shows how it can be used to answer contemporary problems"-- "Most of ecology is about metabolism: the ways that organisms use energy and materials. The energy requirements of individuals - their metabolic rates - vary predictably with their body size and temperature. Ecological interactions are exchanges of energy and materials between organisms and their environments. So metabolic rate affects ecological processes at all levels: individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems. Each chapter focuses on a different process, level of organization, or kind of organism. It lays a conceptual foundation and presents empirical examples. Together, the chapters provide an integrated framework that holds the promise for a unified theory of ecology.The book is intended to be accessible to upper-level undergraduate, and graduate students, but also of interest to senior scientists. Its easy-to-read chapters and clear illustrations can be used in lecture and seminar courses. Together they make for an authoritative treatment that will inspire future generations to study metabolic ecology"-- |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 375 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1119968534 (electronic bk.) 9781119968535 (electronic bk.) |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781119968535 |