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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
R M Sibly; James H Brown; Astrid Kodric-Brown |
ISBN: | 047067153X 9780470671535 0470671521 9780470671528 |
OCLC Number: | 777364297 |
Notes: | "This book is accompanied by a companion website: http://www.wiley.com/go/sibly/metabolicecology. With figures and tables from the book for downloading, together with updates and additional resources"--Title page verso. |
Description: | xv, 375 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Metabolism as the basis for a theoretical unification of ecology / James H. Brown, Richard M. Sibly, and Astrid Kodric-Brown -- Part I: Foundations -- 1. Methodological tools / Ethan P. White, Xiao Xiao, Nick J.B. Isaac, and Richard M. Sibly -- 2. The metabolic theory of ecology and its central equation / James H. Brown and Richard M. Sibly -- 3. Stoichiometry / Michael Kaspari -- 4. Modeling metazoan growth and ontogeny / Andrew J. Kerkhoff -- 5. Life history / Richard M. Sibly -- 6. Behavior / April Hayward, James F. Gillooly, and Astrid Kodric-Brown -- 7. Population and community ecology / Nick J.B. Isaac, Chris Carbone, and Brian McGill -- 8. Predator-prey relations and food webs / Owen L. Petchey and Jennifer A. Dunne -- 9. Ecosystems / Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira and Peter M. Vitousek -- 10. Rates of metabolism and evolution / John L. Gittleman and Patrick R. Stephens -- 11. Biodiversity and its energetic and thermalcontrols / David Storch -- Part II: Selected Organisms and Topics -- 12. Microorganisms / Jordan G. Okie -- 13. Phytoplankton / Elena Litchman -- 14. Land plants : new theoretical directions and empirical prospects / Brian J. Enquist and Lisa Patrick Bentley -- 15. Marine invertebrates / Mary I. O'Connor and John F. Bruno -- 16. Insect metabolic rates / James S. Waters and Jon F. Harrison -- 17. Terrestrial vertebrates / William Karasov -- 18. Seabirds and marine mammals / Daniel P. Costa and Scott A. Shaffer -- 19. Parasites / Ryan F. Hechinger, Kevin D. Lafferty, and Armand M. Kuris -- 20. Human ecology / Marcus J. Hamilton, Oskar Burger, and Robert S. Walker -- Part III: Practical Applications -- 21. Marine ecology and fisheries / Simon Jennings, Ken H. Andersen, and Julia L. Blanchard -- 22. Conservation biology / Alison G. Boyer and Walter Jetz -- 23. Climate change / Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira, Felisa A. Smith, and S.K. Morgan Ernest -- 24. Beyond biology / Melanie E. Moses and Stephanie Forrest -- 25. Synthesis and prospect / James H. Brown, Richard M. Sibly, and Astrid Kodric-Brown. |
Responsibility: | edited by Richard M. Sibly, James H. Brown, and Astrid Kodric-Brown. |
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If you want a thorough, up-to-date coverage of research based upon the MTE and its many applications, this book is a must-read. (Ecology, 1 January 2013) Intended to be accessible to upper-level undergraduates, the book should be widely-read by anyone who seeks a more powerful science of ecology. ( British Ecological Society Bulletin, 1 December 2012) The book is copiously illustrated, and the complex mathematics limited and treated discreetly so the nonmathematician can follow the logic. A necessary read for ecologists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. (Choice, 1 November 2012) Read more...


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