Individual Behavior and Community Dynamics

Individual Behavior and Community Dynamics

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fryxell, John. (Author), Lundberg, Per. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
Edition:1st ed. 1998.
Series:Population and Community Biology Series ; 20
Subjects:
Ecology .
Ecology.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1421-9
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Objectives
  • 1.2 Topics to be Covered
  • 1.3 Predator-Prey Dynamics
  • 1.4 Competition
  • 1.5 Summary
  • 2 Diet Selection
  • 2.1 Nutrient-Maximizing Diets
  • 2.2 Evolutionary Dynamics of Diet Selection
  • 2.3 Balanced Nutrient Diets
  • 2.4 Summary
  • 3 Prey Defense
  • 3.1 Types of Defenses
  • 3.2 Defense Effects and Population Parameters
  • 3.3 Parameter Effects on Dynamics
  • 3.4 Time Allocation
  • 3.5 Optimal Defense
  • 3.6 Summary
  • 4 Habitat Use and Spatial Structure
  • 4.1 Habitat Variation
  • 4.2 Energy-Maximizing Habitat Use
  • 4.3 Evasion of Predators by Prey
  • 4.4 Spatial Structure
  • 4.5 Summary
  • 5 Size-Selective Predation
  • 5.1 Diet Selection Model
  • 5.2 Partial Predation Model
  • 5.3 The Size Structure Challenge
  • 5.4 Summary
  • 6 Interference and Territoriality
  • 6.1 Interference
  • 6.2 Territoriality
  • 6.3 Summary
  • 7 Epilogue
  • References.

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