ISBN : 9780198824299
Theoretical Ecology: concepts and applications continues the authoritative and established sequence of theoretical ecology books initiated by Robert M. May which helped pave the way for ecology to become a more robust theoretical science, encouraging the modern biologist to better understand the mathematics behind their theories. This latest instalment builds on the legacy of its predecessors with a completely new set of contributions. Rather than placing emphasis on the historical ideas in theoretical ecology, the Editors have encouraged each contribution to: synthesize historical theoretical ideas within modern frameworks that have emerged in the last 10-20 years (e.g. bridging population interactions to whole food webs); describe novel theory that has emerged in the last 20 years from historical empirical areas (e.g. macro-ecology); and finally to cover the rapidly expanding area of theoretical ecological applications (e.g. disease theory and global change theory). The result is a forward-looking synthesis that will help guide the field through a further decade of discovery and development.
It is written for upper level undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers seeking synthesis and the state of the art in growing areas of interest in theoretical ecology, genetics, evolutionary ecology, and mathematical biology.
1 Gabriel Gellner, Kevin S. McCann & Emily J. Champagne: Introduction
2 Peter Chesson: Species coexistence
3 Gabriel Gellner, Kevin S. McCann & Christopher Greyson-Gaito: The synergistic effects of interaction strength and lags on ecological stability
4 Karen C. Abbott: Non-equilibrium dynamics and stochastic processes
5 Andre M. de Roos: The impact of population structure on population and community dynamics
6 Stefano Allesina & Jacopo Grilli: Models for large ecological communities - a random matrix approach
7 Jordi Bascompte & Antonio Ferrera: A structural theory of mutualistic networks
8 Michio Kondoh, Kazutaka Kawatsu, Yutaka Osada & Masayuki Ushio: A data driven approach to complex ecological systems
9 Ulrich Brose: Trait-based models of complex ecological networks
10 Sonia Kefi: Ecological networks: from structure to dynamics
11 Christopher A. Klausmeier, Colin T. Kremer & Thomas Koffel: Trait-based ecological and eco-evolutionary theory
12 Dominique Gravel & Francois Massol: Toward a general theory of metacommunity ecology
13 T. Alex Perkins & Jason R. Rohr: Theories of diversity in disease ecology
14 David A. Vasseur: Climate change: Studying the effects of temperature on population and community dynamics
15 John M. Drake, Suzanne M. O'Regan, Vasilis Dakos, Sonia Kefi & Pejman Rohani: Alternative stable states, tipping points, and early warning signals of ecological transitions
16 Kevin S. McCann & Gabriel Gellner: Areas of current and future growth
