Population and Community Ecology of Ontogenetic Development

Download or read book Population and Community Ecology of Ontogenetic Development written by André M. de Roos and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bird's-eye view of community and population effects of ontogenetic development -- Life history processes, ontogenetic development, and density dependence -- Biomass overcompensation -- Emergent allee effects through biomass overcompensation -- Emergent facilitation among predators on size-structured prey -- Ontogenetic niche shifts -- Mixed interactions -- Ontogenetic niche shifts, predators, and coexistence among consumer species -- Dynamics of consumer-resource systems -- Dynamics of consumer-resource systems with discrete reproduction : multiple resources and confronting model predictions with empirical data -- Cannibalism in size-structured systems -- Demand-driven systems, model hierarchies, and ontogenetic asymmetry.