Diversity of Functional Traits and Interactions

Perspectives on Community Dynamics

Buch | Hardcover

213 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-15-7952-3 (ISBN)

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This book presents new theoretical perspectives on ecological community dynamics and in so doing casts fresh light on the enduring complexity–stability debate. Real ecological communities do not simply comprise diverse species and interactions, which respectively represented the nodes and links of the classic network theory. Rather, they are characterized by different types of complexity, and this book explains how this diversity of complexity is key to understanding the dynamics of ecological communities. It is shown how various properties in natural communities, such as life history, adaptation, density dependence, sex, interaction types, space, functional traits, and microbial processes, can dramatically increase the complexity in ecological communities. Furthermore, innovative methods are introduced that may be applied to cast light on very complex communities. With each chapter presenting the latest advances and approaches, the book sets the direction for future researchon ecological community dynamics. It will be a “must read” for researchers and students in the field of ecology.

Akihiko Mougi is an associate professor in the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences at the Shimane University. He completed his Ph.D. at Hokkaido University and did postdoctoral work at the Kyushu University and Ryukoku University. His research uses mathematical models to understand ecological and evolutionary dynamics of biological communities and the stability of ecosystems.

Part 1. Intra-specific trait diversity.- Chapter 1. Incorporating ontogenetic niche shifts into hybrid community dynamics.- Chapter 2. Effects of rapid evolution on population cycles and extinction in predator-prey systems.- Chapter 3. The possibility that the evolution of sexual traits stabilizes ecological communities.- Chapter 4. Spatiality and community stability.- Part 2. Inter-specific trait and functional diversity.- Chapter 5. Direct and Indirect Effects of Facilitation and Competition in Ecological.- Chapter 6. Mathematical modeling on microbes and their roles in community and ecosystem: how to handle microbial diversity in modeling?.- Part 3. Diversity of inter-specific interaction.- Chapter 7. Ecology and evolution of density-dependence.- Chapter 8. Interaction-type diversity and community stability.- Part 4. A novel approach in community ecology.- Chapter 9. Forecasting ecological time series using empirical dynamic modeling: a tutorial for simplex projection and S-map.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.11.2020
Reihe/Serie	Theoretical Biology
Zusatzinfo	35 Illustrations, color; 37 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 213 p. 72 illus., 35 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Bioinformatik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	981-15-7952-0 / 9811579520
ISBN-13	978-981-15-7952-3 / 9789811579523
Zustand	Neuware