Energetic food webs : an analysis of real and model ecosystems /

This book bridges the gap between the energetic and species approaches to studying food webs, addressing many important topics in ecology. Species, matter, and energy are common features of all ecological systems. Through the lens of complex adaptive systems thinking, the authors explore how the ine...

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Main Authors: Moore, John C. (John Christopher) (Author), De Ruiter, Peter Cornelis, 1952- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford series in ecology and evolution.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book bridges the gap between the energetic and species approaches to studying food webs, addressing many important topics in ecology. Species, matter, and energy are common features of all ecological systems. Through the lens of complex adaptive systems thinking, the authors explore how the inextricable relationship between species, matter, and energy can explain how systems are structured, and how they persist in real and model systems.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 333 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-328) and index.
ISBN:9780191646416
0191646415
128357702X
9781283577021
9780191774683
0191774685