| Titre : |
Metabolic ecology: a scaling approach |
| Type de document : |
livre |
| Auteurs : |
Richard M. Sibly, Éditeur scientifique ; James H. Brown, Éditeur scientifique ; Astrid Kodric-Brown, Éditeur scientifique |
| Mention d'édition : |
1st ed. |
| Editeur : |
Oxford, UK : Wiley-Blackwell |
| Année de publication : |
2012 |
| Importance : |
375 p. |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-470-67152-8 |
| Prix : |
74.40 EUR |
| Note générale : |
This book is accompanied by a companion website: 'www.wiley.com/go/sibly/metabolicecology' |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Metabolism Ecology |
| Résumé : |
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. |
| En ligne : |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119968535 |
Metabolic ecology: a scaling approach [livre] / Richard M. Sibly, Éditeur scientifique ; James H. Brown, Éditeur scientifique ; Astrid Kodric-Brown, Éditeur scientifique . - 1st ed. . - Oxford, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 . - 375 p. ISBN : 978-0-470-67152-8 : 74.40 EUR This book is accompanied by a companion website: 'www.wiley.com/go/sibly/metabolicecology' Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Mots-clés : |
Metabolism Ecology |
| Résumé : |
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. |
| En ligne : |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119968535 |
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