R. L. Kitching

Food Webs and Container Habitats (eBook, PDF)

The Natural History and Ecology of Phytotelmata

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The animal communities in plant-held water bodies, such as tree holes and pitcher plants, have become models for food-web studies. In this book, Professor Kitching introduces us to these fascinating miniature worlds and demonstrates how they can be used to tackle some of the major questions in community ecology. Based on thirty years' research in many parts of the world, this work presents much previously unpublished information, in addition to summarising over a hundred years of natural history observations by others. The book covers many aspects of the theory of food-web formation and maintenance presented with field-collected information on tree holes, bromeliads, pitcher plants, bamboo containers and the axils of fleshy plants. It is a unique introduction for the field naturalist and a stimulating source treatment for graduate students and professionals working in the fields of tropical and other forest ecology, as well as entomology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2000
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511034602
• Artikelnr.: 38184002

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
Part I. The Container Flora, Fauna and Environment: 2. The container flora
3. The container fauna
4. The phytotelm environment
Part II. Methods and Theories: 5. The construction and quantification of food webs
6. Processes structuring food webs
Part III. Patterns in Phytotelm Food Webs: 7. Food-web variation across geographical regions
8. Food-web variation within a continent: the communities of tree-holes from Tasmania to Cape Tribulation
9. Food-web variation at smaller spatial scales: regional and local variation in tree-hole and Nepenthes webs
10. The role of the host plant
11. Variation through time: seasonality, invasion and reassembly, succession
Part IV. Processes Structuring Food Webs: 12. Competition and predation - basic forces structuring the community?
13. Stochasticism and determinism: processes structuring fod webs in phytotelmata
Part V. Synthesis: 14. A food-web templet
Annexe
References
Index.