Ecological Networks: Linking Structure to Dynamics in Food Webs

by Mercedes Pascual, Jennifer A. Dunne

Overview

This book is based on proceedings from a February 2004 Santa Fe Institute workshop. Its contributing chapter authors treat the ecology of predator-prey interactions and food web theory, structure, and dynamics, joining researchers who also work on complex systems and on large nonlinear networks from the points of view of other sub-fields within ecology. Food webs play a central role in the debates on the role of complexity in stability, persistence, and resilience. Better empirical data and the exploding interest in the subject of networks across social, physical, and natural sciences prompted creation of this volume. The book explores the boundaries of what is known of the relationship between structure and dynamics in ecological networks and defines directions for future developments in this field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195188165
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/22/2005
Series:	Santa Fe Institute Studies on the Sciences of Complexity
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

University of Michigan

Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico

Table of Contents

Preface, M. Pascual and J. A. DunnePART I: INTRODUCTION1. From Small to Large Ecological Networks in a Dynamic World, M. Pascual and J. A. DunnePART II: STRUCTURE OF COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS2. The Network Structure of Food Webs, J. A. Dunne3. Graph Theory and Food Webs, C. C. Cartozo, G. Garlaschelli, and G. Caldarelli4. Parasites and Food Webs, A. Dobson, K. Lafferty, and A. Kuris5. The Structure of Plant-Animal Mutualistic Networks, J. Bascompte and P. JordanoPART III: INTEGRATING ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS6. Diversity, Complexity, and Persistance in Large Model Ecosystems, N. D. Martinez, R. J. Williams, and J. A. Dunne7. Exploring Network Space with Genetic Algorithms Modularity, Resilience, and Reactivity8. Food-Web Structure and Dynamics: Reconciling Alternative Ecological Currencies, J. F. Gillooly, A. P. Allen, and J. H. BrownPART IV: ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS AS EVOLVING, ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS9. Models of Food-Web Evolution, A. J. McKane and B. Drossel10. Phenotypic Plasticity and Species Coexistence: Modeling Food Webs as Complex Adaptive Systems, S. D. Peacor, R. L. Riolo, and M. Pascual11. Exploring the Evolution of Ecosystems with Digital Organisms, C. O. Wilke and S. S. Chow12. Network Evolution: Exploring the Change and Adaptation of Complex Ecological Systems over Deep Time, N. D. MartinezPART V: STABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS OF ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS13. Ecological Network Meltdown from Habitat Loss and Fragmentatino, R. V. Solé and J. M. Montoya14. Biodiversity Loss and Ecological Network Structure, J. Memmott, David Alonso, E. L. Berlow, A. Dobson, J. A. Dunne, R. V. Solé, and J. Weitz15. Challenges for the Future: Integrating Ecological Structure and Dynamics, M. Pascual, J. A. Dunne, and S. A. Levin