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020 _a9781316871867 (ebook)
020 _z9781107182110 (hardback)
020 _z9781316634844 (paperback)
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_beng
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_cUkCbUP
050 0 4 _aQH541.15.F66
_bA43 2018
082 0 0 _a577/.16
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245 0 0 _aAdaptive food webs :
_bstability and transitions of real and model ecosystems /
_cedited by John C. Moore, Colorado State University, CO, USA, Peter C. de Ruiter, Wageningen Universiteit, The Netherlands, Kevin S. McCann, University of Guelph, ON, Canada, Volkmar Woltors, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen, Germany.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2018.
300 _a1 online resource (xvi, 416 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).
520 _aPresenting new approaches to studying food webs, this book uses practical management and policy examples to demonstrate the theory behind ecosystem management decisions and the broader issue of sustainability. All the information that readers need to use food web analyses as a tool for understanding and quantifying transition processes is provided. Advancing the idea of food webs as complex adaptive systems, readers are challenged to rethink how changes in environmental conditions affect these systems. Beginning with the current state of thinking about community organisation, complexity and stability, the book moves on to focus on the traits of organisms, the adaptive nature of communities and their impacts on ecosystem function. The final section of the book addresses the applications to management and sustainability. By helping to understand the complexities of multispecies networks, this book provides insights into the evolution of organisms and the fate of ecosystems in a changing world.
650 0 _aFood chains (Ecology)
700 1 _aMoore, John C.
_q(John Christopher),
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107182110
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781316871867
999 _c523140
_d523138