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Book SynopsisPredator-prey interactions are ubiquitous, govern the flow of energy up trophic levels, and strongly influence the structure of ecological systems. They are typically quantified using the functional response - the relationship between a predator's foraging rate and the availability of food.
Trade ReviewThis textbook provides a comprehensive review of the topic and explains the key equations and concepts. It will be a welcome resource for new and experienced researchers of a topic in which, despite its regular appearance in textbooks and decades of scientific debate decades, it remains difficult to reconcile theory with field ecology. * Conservation Biology *
The book will be a welcome resource for new and experienced researchers of a topic in which, despite its regular appearance in textbooks and decades of scientific debate decades, it remains difficult to reconcile theory with field ecology. * Conservation Biology *
This textbook provides a comprehensive review of the topic and explains the key equations and concepts. The book will be a welcome resource for new and experienced researchers of a topic in which, despite its regular appearance in textbooks and decades of scientific debate decades, it remains difficult to reconcile theory with field ecology. * Journal of Conservation Biology *
The book is very much worth reading and should belong into the library of any Ecology & Evolution department or person interested in feeding ecology, trophic interactions, and consumer-resource dynamics. * Arne Schröder, Basic and Applied Ecology *
The book is very much worth reading and should belong into the library of any Ecology & Evolution department or person interested in feeding ecology, trophic interactions, and consumer-resource dynamics. * Arne Schröder, Basic and Applied Ecology *
Table of ContentsPrologue 1: Introduction 2: The Basics and Origin of Functional Responses Models 3: What Causes Variation in Functional Response Parameters 4: Population Dynamics and the Functional Response 5: Multi-Species Functional Responses 6: Selection on Functional Response Parameters 7: Optimal Foraging 8: Detecting Prey Preferences and Prey Switching 9: Origin of the Tpe III Functional Response 10: Statistical Issues in the Fitting of Functional Responses 11: Challenges for theFuture of Functional Response Research Epilogue
