Encyclopedia of Theoretical EcologyAlan Hastings, Louis J. Gross "A bold and successful attempt to illustrate the theoretical foundations of all of the subdisciplines of ecology, including basic and applied, and extending through biophysical, population, community, and ecosystem ecology. Encyclopedia of Theoretical Ecology is a compendium of clear and concise essays by the intellectual leaders across this vast breadth of knowledge."--Harold Mooney, Stanford University "A remarkable and indispensable reference work that also is flexible enough to provide essential readings for a wide variety of courses. A masterful collection of authoritative papers that convey the rich and fundamental nature of modern theoretical ecology."--Simon A. Levin, Princeton University "Theoretical ecologists exercise their imaginations to make sense of the astounding complexity of both real and possible ecosystems. Imagining a real or possible topic left out of the Encyclopedia of Theoretical Ecology has proven just as challenging. This comprehensive compendium demonstrates that theoretical ecology has become a mature science, and the volume will serve as the foundation for future creativity in this area."--Fred Adler, University of Utah "The editors have assembled an outstanding group of contributors who are a great match for their topics. Sometimes the author is a key, authoritative figure in a field; and at other times, the author has enough distance to convey all sides of a subject. The next time you need to introduce ecology students to a theoretical topic, you'll be glad to have this encyclopedia on your bookshelf."--Stephen Ellner, Cornell University “Everything you wanted to know about theoretical ecology, and much that you didn’t know you needed to know but will now! Alan Hastings and Louis Gross have done us a great service by bringing together in very accessible form a huge amount of information about a broad, complicated, and expanding field.”--Daniel Simberloff, University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
Contents
Adaptive Behavior and Vigilance Bayesian Statistics | 7 |
Marine Reserves and Ecosystem | 88 |
Leah R Gerber Tara Gancos Crawford | 106 |
Adaptive Landscapes BirthDeath Models | 112 |
Louis J Gross | 119 |
Applied Ecology Disease Dynamics | 126 |
Population Ecology Food Chains and Food Web Modules | 155 |
Vigilance 1 Fabio Dercole Sergio Rinaldi | 163 |
Niche Construction | 485 |
NicholsonBailey Host | 498 |
NPZ Models | 505 |
Optimal Control Theory | 519 |
Pair Approximations | 531 |
Phase Plane Analysis | 538 |
Phenotypic Plasticity | 545 |
Integrated Whole Organism Physiology | 550 |
Max Shpak Christopher J Dugaw Charlotte | 170 |
Allee Effects 32 Branching Processes 112 Discounting in Bioeconomics | 176 |
Andrew J Kerkhoff Giulio De Leo | 188 |
Assembly Processes 60 Robert F Costantino Robert A Desharnais Marissa L Baskett | 198 |
Bayesian Statistics 64 Computational Ecology 141 Dynamic Programming | 207 |
Ecological Economics | 213 |
Sunny Jardine James N Sanchirico | 219 |
Yiqi Luo Ensheng Weng Yuanhe Yang | 230 |
Fiorenza Micheli Anne Guerry | 241 |
Ecotoxicology | 247 |
From Individuals to Populations | 249 |
Environmental Heterogeneity | 258 |
Evolutionarily Stable Strategies | 270 |
vii | 271 |
Facilitation | 276 |
Cooperation Evolution of Cellular Automata | 284 |
Elliott Lee Hazen Larry B Crowder | 288 |
Kevin McCann Gabriel Gellner | 294 |
Foraging Behavior | 302 |
Dietze Andrew M Latimer | 316 |
Functional Traits of Species | 324 |
Duncan J Irschick ChiYun | 423 |
Metapopulations | 438 |
Model Fitting | 450 |
Genetic Drift | 463 |
Networks Ecological | 470 |
Anna Eklöf Stefano Allesina | 478 |
Phylogeography | 557 |
Plant Competition and Canopy | 565 |
Population Ecology | 571 |
Michael B Bonsall Claire Dooley | 582 |
Quantitative Genetics | 595 |
ReactionDiffusion Models | 603 |
Transport in Individuals SIR Models | 608 |
Regime Shifts | 609 |
Microbial Communities Partial Differential Equations | 616 |
Magnus Nyström Garry Peterson | 617 |
Sex Evolution of | 637 |
Abbott Anthony R Ives | 648 |
Spatial Ecology | 659 |
Stochastic | 666 |
Species Ranges | 674 |
Stability Analysis | 680 |
Stage Structure | 686 |
Storage Effect Stochasticity Overview | 721 |
Storage Effect | 722 |
Compartment Models Ecosystem Valuation | 734 |
| 739 | |
TwoSpecies Competition | 752 |
Urban Ecology | 765 |
Glossary | 771 |
| 803 | |
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