| Metabolic Ecology: A Scaling Approach Contributor(s): Sibly, Richard M. (Editor), Brown, James H. (Editor), Kodric-Brown, Astrid (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0470671521 ISBN-13: 9780470671528 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $105.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Science | Life Sciences - Biochemistry |
| Dewey: 572.4 |
| LCCN: 2012001345 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.45" W x 9.7" (1.86 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the first textbooks in this emerging important field of ecology. 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. |