{"product_id":"consumerresource-dynamics-9780691006574","title":"ConsumerResource Dynamics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing numerous biological examples to lay the groundwork for a unifying theory applicable to predator-prey, parasitoid-host, and other consumer-resource interactions, this book focuses on how the properties of real organisms affect population dynamics. It synthesizes and extends the authors' own models involving insect parasitoids and their hosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The authors ... have succeeded in presenting some complex mathematics within a matrix of verbal clarity, which is rare among such books.\"--Bulletin of the British Ecological Society \"Consumer Resource Dynamics needs to be on any ecological theorist's bookshelf... A careful, detailed analysis, and a well-written book.\"--Patrick Foley, Ecology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface xi  1. Introduction 1  Why Consumer-Resource Interactions? 1  On Theory and Models 2  Themes 4  2. Population Dynamics: Observations and Basic Concepts 6  Types of Population Dynamics: Phenomena to Be Explained 6  Some Essential Concepts 15  Appendix 26  3. Simple Models in Continuous Time 30  The Lotka-Volterra Model 31  Local Stability Analysis 36  Effects of Stabilizing and Destabilizing Processes: A Survey 42  Combining Stabilizing and Destabilizing Processes: From Neutral Stability to Limit Cycles 53  Simple Models of Stage and Spatial Structure: The Creation of Indirect Density Dependence 60  Basic and Potential General Properties of Predator-Prey Systems 69  Appendix 72  4. Simple Models in Discrete Time 83  Single-Species Models in Discrete Time 84  Discrete-Generation Parasitoid-Host Models 93  Hybrid Discrete-Time\/Continuous-Time Models 106  Appendix 111  5. An Introduction to Models with Stage Structure 119  Preamble: Single-Species Populations with Stage Structure 121  The Basic Stage-Structured Host-Parasitoid Model 134  Ecological Processes Inducing Instability 147  Ecological Processes Inducing Stability 149  Single-Generation Cycles in Parasitoid-Host Models 160  Appendix 170  6. Dynamical Effects of Parasitoid Lifestyles 179  Parasitoid Lifestyles 180  Four Mechanisms Inducing Greater Gain from Older Hosts 186  A Unifying Framework and Extensions 199  A More General Model: The Generic Gain Model 205  The Nature and Origins of Delayed-Feedback Cycles and Single-Generation Cycles: Insights from a Simplified Model 207  Concluding Remarks 216  7. State-Dependent Decisions 219  Effects of Egg Load on Parasitoid Decisions 220  Effects of Limits to Egg Production 236  A General Dynamical Theory of Parasitoid Behavior 242  8. Competition between Consumer Species 245  Lotka-Volterra Competition Model: Competition for an Implicit Resource 247  Exploitative Competition for an Explicit Resource 255  Competition in Discrete Time 274  Effects of Age Structure on Competition 281  Non-Equilibrial Mechanisms of Coexistence 301  Effects of Spatial Structure on Competition 310  Concluding Remarks 317  9. Implications for Biological Control 318  A Comparative Approach to Evaluating Natural Enemies 321  Spatial Processes and Control 336  Need for Experimental Tests 340  10. Dynamical Effects of Spatial Processes 341  Spatial Processes among Subpopulations 341  Spatial Processes within Populations: Aggregated Attacks and Other Sources of Variation in Risk among Individuals 366  Connection between Processes within Populations and among Subpopulations 392  11. Synthesis and Integration across Systems 394  Shared Theory for Different Kinds of Consumer-Resource Interactions 394  Connection between Consumer-Resource Dynamics and Single-Species Dynamics in Theory and Nature 399  Cycles in Real Systems: Single-Species Models for Many-Species Systems 410  General Conclusions\/Considerations 414  12. Concluding Remarks 416  Literature Cited 425  Index 451","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49922424373591,"sku":"9780691006574","price":66.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691006574.jpg?v=1738537841","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/consumerresource-dynamics-9780691006574","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}