Ecological Networks

Linking Structure to Dynamics in Food Webs
ISBN13: 9780195188165ISBN10: 0195188160 Hardback, 416 pages
Nov 2005,  In Stock

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Table of Contents

Preface , M. Pascual and J. A. Dunne
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. From Small to Large Ecological Networks in a Dynamic World , M. Pascual and J. A. Dunne
PART II: STRUCTURE OF COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS
2. The Network Structure of Food Webs , J. A. Dunne
3. Graph Theory and Food Webs , C. C. Cartozo, G. Garlaschelli, and G. Caldarelli
4. Parasites and Food Webs , A. Dobson, K. Lafferty, and A. Kuris
5. The Structure of Plant-Animal Mutualistic Networks , J. Bascompte and P. Jordano
PART III: INTEGRATING ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS
6. Diversity, Complexity, and Persistance in Large Model Ecosystems , N. D. Martinez, R. J. Williams, and J. A. Dunne
7. Exploring Network Space with Genetic Algorithms Modularity, Resilience, and Reactivity
8. Food-Web Structure and Dynamics: Reconciling Alternative Ecological Currencies , J. F. Gillooly, A. P. Allen, and J. H. Brown
PART IV: ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS AS EVOLVING, ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS
9. Models of Food-Web Evolution , A. J. McKane and B. Drossel
10. Phenotypic Plasticity and Species Coexistence: Modeling Food Webs as Complex Adaptive Systems , S. D. Peacor, R. L. Riolo, and M. Pascual
11. Exploring the Evolution of Ecosystems with Digital Organisms , C. O. Wilke and S. S. Chow
12. Network Evolution: Exploring the Change and Adaptation of Complex Ecological Systems over Deep Time , N. D. Martinez
PART V: STABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS OF ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS
13. Ecological Network Meltdown from Habitat Loss and Fragmentatino , R. V. Solé and J. M. Montoya
14. Biodiversity Loss and Ecological Network Structure , J. Memmott, David Alonso, E. L. Berlow, A. Dobson, J. A. Dunne, R. V. Solé, and J. Weitz
15. Challenges for the Future: Integrating Ecological Structure and Dynamics , M. Pascual, J. A. Dunne, and S. A. Levin
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