Resource Ecology : Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Foraging

Herbert H. T. Prins

ISBN 10: 1402068492 / ISBN 13: 9781402068492

Edité par Springer, Springer, 2008

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book focuses on 'resource ecology', which we defined as 'the ecology of trophic interactions between consumers and their resources'. In our endeavour to shape the discipline of 'resource ecology' further, we invited some world-class scientists to think with us. We thus organised a symposium where we made sure that we paid attention to the original Greek meaning of the word: we discussed, ate and drank together and, for health reasons, made sure that we hade enough time for strolling and bicycling along the banks of the River Rhine. We even climbed a beautiful mediaeval church tower dedicated to Saint Cunera dating back to the year that Columbus sailed for America. In ecology, spatial ecology is an up-and-coming domain of science. It addresses the effects of space and scale on the dynamics of individual species and on the structure and dynamics of multi-species assemblages. More than a few recent studies demonstrate the significance of taking into account the spatial structure of resources on the population dynamics and assemblage structure of consumers. We believe that bringing together scientists specialised in foraging theory with those who know much about spatial ecology can create a new context from which new theory will emerge. Every chapter was written on invitation. We as editors had outlined what we had in mind and sent that outline to the selected authors.

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• Titre: Resource Ecology : Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Foraging
• Éditeur: Springer, Springer
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1402068492
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781402068492
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 235 L x 155 H x 18 P (en millimètres) 235 millimètres de largeur par 155 millimètres de hauteur par 18 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 482 grammes

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This book focuses on ‘resource ecology’, which we defined as ‘the ecology of trophic interactions between consumers and their resources’. In our endeavour to shape the discipline of ‘resource ecology’ further, we invited some world-class scientists to think with us. We thus organised a symposium where we made sure that we paid attention to the original Greek meaning of the word: we discussed, ate and drank together and, for health reasons, made sure that we hade enough time for strolling and bicycling along the banks of the River Rhine. We even climbed a beautiful mediaeval church tower dedicated to Saint Cunera dating back to the year that Columbus sailed for America. In ecology, spatial ecology is an up-and-coming domain of science. It addresses the effects of space and scale on the dynamics of individual species and on the structure and dynamics of multi-species assemblages. More than a few recent studies demonstrate the significance of taking into account the spatial structure of resources on the population dynamics and assemblage structure of consumers. We believe that bringing together scientists specialised in foraging theory with those who know much about spatial ecology can create a new context from which new theory will emerge. Every chapter was written on invitation. We as editors had outlined what we had in mind and sent that outline to the selected authors.