Book ID: 94193
Prins, Herbert H. T. and Frank van Langevelde (eds.)
Resource Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Foraging. 2008. (Wageningen UR Frontis Series, Volume 23). illustr. X, 306 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Deals with the the ecology of trophic interactions between consumersand their resources. This is perhaps the most central part of ecology.In its linkage between foraging theory and spatial ecology, it shows howold and fundamental questions can be tackled afresh. It addressescrucial aspects of the interactions between consumers and resources.All chapters in the book were prepared for a small symposium and werecirculated in advance to the participants. For the purposes ofstimulating future research, each chapter ends with two or threetestable hypotheses. Each chapter is followed by a comment.