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The Evolutionary Strategies that Shape Ecosystems

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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

30.04.2012

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John Wiley & Sons Inc

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264

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24,4/17/1,4 cm

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513 g

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7. Auflage

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Englisch

ISBN

978-0-470-67482-6

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"Certainly I have found this a useful way to think about conservation Management." ( British Ecological Society , 1 April 2013) "The case studies range from microbes to animals, and even palaeontology is included in the mix, making the book a very comprehensive resource for those interested in eco-evolutionary dynamics." ( Teaching Biology , 20 December 2012) "I recommend this book to people interested in evolutionary and ecological strategies in ecosystems, to those who think about universal patterns in organism life history tactics and also to those who love the challenge of linking ecology and evolution." ( Basic and Applied Ecology , 1 November 2012) "A significant contribution to the field and a must read for ecologists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." ( Choice , 1 October 2012)

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

30.04.2012

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

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264

Maße (L/B/H)

24,4/17/1,4 cm

Gewicht

513 g

Auflage

7. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-470-67482-6

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  • Produktbild: The Evolutionary Strategies that Shape Ecosystems
  • Preface x

    Chapter Summaries xii

    Acknowledgements xviii

    Introduction 1

    1 Evolution and Ecology: a Janus Perspective? 3

    Evolutionary biology 3

    Ecology 4

    The emergence of a science of adaptive strategies 6

    Summary 7

    2 Primary Strategies: the Ideas 8

    MacArthur's 'blurred vision' 9

    The mechanism of convergence; trade-offs 10

    The theory of r- and K-selection 11

    CSR Theory 12

    Summary 23

    3 Primary Adaptive Strategies in Plants 25

    The search for adaptive strategies 26

    Theoretical work 26

    Measuring variation in plant traits: screening programmes 28

    Screening of plant growth rates 29

    The Integrated Screening Programme 29

    Further trait screening 34

    The application of CSR theory 34

    Virtual plant strategies 36

    Summary 38

    4 Primary Adaptive Strategies in Organisms Other Than Plants 40

    The architecture of the tree of life 41

    r, K and beyond K 42

    Empirical evidence for three primary strategies in animals 43

    The universal three-way trade-off 44

    Mammalia (mammals) 46

    Aves (avian therapods) 53

    Squamata (snakes and lizards) (with notes on other extant reptile clades) 56

    Amphibia (amphibians) 60

    Osteichthyes (bony fi shes) 61

    Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fi shes) 65

    Insecta (insects) 68

    Aracnida (spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks) 72

    Crustacea (crustaceans) 74

    Echinodermata (sea urchins, starfi sh, crinoids, sea cucumbers) 75

    Mollusca (snails, clams, squids) 77

    Annelida (segmented worms) 79

    Cnidaria (corals, sea anemones, jellyfi sh, hydras, sea pens) 81

    Eumycota (fungi) (including notes on lichens) 83

    Archaea 84

    Proteobacteria 86

    Firmicutes 87

    Cyanobacteria 88

    Viruses 90

    Extinct groups 94

    Universal adaptive strategy theory - the evolution of CSR and beyond K theories 99

    First steps towards a universal methodology 100

    Summary 103

    5 From Adaptive Strategies to Communities 105

    Plant communities 106

    Productive disturbed communities 107

    Productive undisturbed communities 108

    Unproductive relatively undisturbed communities 111

    Plant community composition 111

    The humped-back model 114

    Origins 114

    Formulation 115

    Independent confi rmation and compatibility with new research 116

    Species-pools, fi lters and community composition 121

    Evidence for the action of twin fi lters 128

    Additional mechanisms promoting diversity 132

    Genetic diversity, intraspecifi c functional diversity and species diversity 132

    Microbial communities 136

    The effects of plant strategies on soil microbial communities 139

    Facilitation in bacterial communities 141

    Coexistence in marine surface waters 142

    Novel techniques for investigating microbial adaptive strategies 142

    Animal communities 144

    Primary producers delimit animal diversity/productivity relationships 145

    Twin fi lters and animal community assembly 150

    Adaptive radiation and community assembly 154

    Summary 160

    6 From Strategies to Ecosystems 163

    Back to Bayreuth 164

    The Darwinian basis of ecosystem assembly 167

    How do primary adaptive strategies drive ecosystem functioning? 168

    The plant traits that drive ecosystems 169

    The propagation of trait infl uences through food chains 176

    Complicating factors 178

    Ecosystem processes 180

    Dominance and mass ratio effects 180

    Fluxes and feedbacks between communities 181

    Top-down control by herbivores 187

    Top-down control by carnivores 189

    The key role of eco-evolutionary dynamics 190

    Summary 192

    7 The Path from Evolution to Ecology 194

    What has been learned? 194

    What are the implications for conservation and management? 198

    Research priorities for the next decade 199

    References 202

    Organism Index 235

    Subject Index 241