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" Metabolic ecology "
edited by Richard M. Sibly, James H. Brown, and Astrid Kodric-Brown.
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657676
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Metabolic ecology : a scaling approach /\ edited by Richard M. Sibly, James H. Brown, and Astrid Kodric-Brown.
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Hoboken, NJ :: Wiley-Blackwell,, 2012.
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1 online resource.
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9780470671535
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: 9781119968535
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: 1119968534
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: 9781119968504 (electronic bk.)
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: 111996850X (electronic bk.)
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9781119968511
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1119968518
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9781119968528
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1119968526
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9780470889688
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Includes index.
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Front Matter -- Supplemental Images -- Introduction: Metabolism as the Basis for a Theoretical Unification of Ecology / James H Brown, Richard M Sibly, Astrid Kodric-Brown -- Foundations. Methodological Tools / Ethan P White, Xiao Xiao, Nick J B Isaac, Richard M Sibly -- The Metabolic Theory of Ecology and Its Central Equation / James H Brown, Richard M Sibly -- Stoichiometry / Michael Kaspari -- Modeling Metazoan Growth and Ontogeny / Andrew J Kerkhoff -- Life History / Richard M Sibly -- Behavior / April Hayward, James F Gillooly, Astrid Kodric-Brown -- Population and Community Ecology / Nick J B Isaac, Chris Carbone, Brian McGill -- Predator6Prey Relations and Food Webs / Owen L Petchey, Jennifer A Dunne -- Ecosystems / Kristina J Anderson-Teixeira, Peter M Vitousek -- Rates of Metabolism and Evolution / John L Gittleman, Patrick R Stephens -- Biodiversity and its Energetic and Thermal Controls / David Storch -- Selected Organisms and Topics. Microorganisms / Jordan G Okie -- Phytoplankton / Elena Litchman -- Land Plants: New Theoretical Directions and Empirical Prospects / Brian J Enquist, Lisa Patrick Bentley -- Marine Invertebrates / Mary I O'connor, John F Bruno -- Insect Metabolic Rates / James S Waters, Jon F Harrison -- Terrestrial Vertebrates / William Karasov -- Seabirds and Marine Mammals / Daniel P Costa, Scott A Shaffer -- Parasites / Ryan F Hechinger, Kevin D Lafferty, Armand M Kuris -- Human ecology / Marcus J Hamilton, Oskar Burger, Robert S Walker -- Practical Applications. Marine Ecology and Fisheries / Simon Jennings, Ken H Andersen, Julia L Blanchard -- Conservation Biology / Alison G Boyer, Walter Jetz -- Climate Change / Kristina J Anderson-Teixeira, Felisa A Smith, S K Morgan Ernest -- Beyond Biology / Melanie E Moses, Stephanie Forrest -- Synthesis and Prospect / James H Brown, Richard M Sibly, Astrid Kodric-Brown -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
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"Most of ecology is about metabolism: the ways that organisms use energy and materials. The energy requirements of individuals - their metabolic rates - vary predictably with their body size and temperature. Ecological interactions are exchanges of energy and materials between organisms and their environments. So metabolic rate affects ecological processes at all levels: individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems. Each chapter focuses on a different process, level of organization, or kind of organism. It lays a conceptual foundation and presents empirical examples. Together, the chapters provide an integrated framework that holds the promise for a unified theory of ecology.The book is intended to be accessible to upper-level undergraduate, and graduate students, but also of interest to senior scientists. Its easy-to-read chapters and clear illustrations can be used in lecture and seminar courses. Together they make for an authoritative treatment that will inspire future generations to study metabolic ecology"--
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"Explains the new metabolic theory of ecology, puts it into context, and shows how it can be used to answer contemporary problems"--
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Metabolism.
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Ecology.
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Biotic communities.
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Sibly, R. M.
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Brown, James H.,1942 September 25-
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Kodric-Brown, Astrid.
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Wiley Online Library (Online service)
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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