Most of ecology is about metabolism: the ways that organisms use energy and materials. The energy requirements of individuals - their metabolic rates - vary predictably with their body size and temperature. Ecological interactions are exchanges of energy and materials between organisms and their environments. So metabolic rate affects ecological processes at all levels: individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems. Each chapter focuses on a different process, level of organization, or kind of organism. It lays a conceptual foundation and presents empirical examples. Together, the chapters provide an integrated framework that holds the promise for a unified theory of ecology.
The book is intended to be accessible to upper-level undergraduate, and graduate students, but also of interest to senior scientists. Its easy-to-read chapters and clear illustrations can be used in lecture and seminar courses. Together they make for an authoritative treatment that will inspire future generations to study metabolic ecology.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780470671528
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-470-67152-8
- Verlag: Wiley
- Erscheinungstermin: 30.04.2012
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 2. Auflage 2012
- Produktform: Kartoniert
- Gewicht: 845 g
- Seiten: 392
- Format (B x H x T): 187 x 246 x 22 mm
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