The Ecological Implications Of Body Size
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The Ecological Implications Of Body Size
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Author : Robert Henry Peters
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1986-03-31
The Ecological Implications Of Body Size written by Robert Henry Peters and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-03-31 with Science categories.
Describes in detail how the physical size of an organism affects its biology. Presents the largest single compilation of inter-specific size relations and instructs the reader on their comparison, combination, and criticism.
Human Body Size And The Laws Of Scaling
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Author : Thomas T. Samaras
language : en
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Release Date : 2007
Human Body Size And The Laws Of Scaling written by Thomas T. Samaras and has been published by Nova Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biometry categories.
Several books have been published on scaling in biology and its ramifications in the animal kingdom. However, none has specifically examined the multifaceted effects of how changes in human height create disproportionately larger changes in weight, surface area, strength and other physiological parameters. Yet, the impact of these non-linear effects on individual humans as well as our world's environment is enormous. Since increasing human body size has widespread ramifications, this book presents findings on the human species and its ecological niche. its community and how the species interacts with its environment. Thus, a few chapters provide an ecological overview of how increasing human body size relates to human evolution, fitness, health, survival and the environment. This book provides a unique purview of the laws of scaling on human performance, health, longevity and the environment. Numerous examples from various research disciplines are used to illustrate the impact of increasing body size on many aspects of human enterprises, including work output, athletics and intellectual performance.
Body Size The Structure And Function Of Aquatic Ecosystems
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Author : Alan G. Hildrew
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-07-12
Body Size The Structure And Function Of Aquatic Ecosystems written by Alan G. Hildrew and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-12 with Nature categories.
Ecologists have long struggled to predict features of ecological systems, such as the numbers and diversity of organisms. The wide range of body sizes in ecological communities, from tiny microbes to large animals and plants, is emerging as the key to prediction. Based on the relationship between body size and features such as biological rates, the physics of water and the amount of habitat available, we may be able to understand patterns of abundance and diversity, biogeography, interactions in food webs and the impact of fishing, adding up to a potential 'periodic table' for ecology. Remarkable progress on the unravelling, describing and modelling of aquatic food webs, revealing the fundamental role of body size, makes a book emphasising marine and freshwater ecosystems particularly apt. In this 2007 book, the importance of body size is examined at a range of scales that will be of interest to professional ecologists, from students to senior researchers.
Body Size In Mammalian Paleobiology
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Author : John Douglas Damuth
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1990-11-30
Body Size In Mammalian Paleobiology written by John Douglas Damuth and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-11-30 with Nature categories.
There is a growing interest in the biological implications of body size in animals. This parameter is now being used to make inferences and predictions about not only the habits and habitat of a particular species, but also as a way to understand patterns and biases in the fossil record. This valuable collection of essays presents and evaluates techniques of body-mass estimation and reviews current and potential applications of body-size estimates in paleobiology. Coverage is particularly detailed for carnivores, primates and ungulates, but information is also presented on marsupials, rodents and proboscideans. Body Size in Mammalian Paleobiology will prove useful to researchers and graduate students in paleontology, mammalogy, ecology and evolution programmes. It is designed to be both a practical handbook for researchers making and using body-size estimates, and a sourcebook of ideas for applying body size to paleontological problems and directions for future research.
The Role Of Body Size In Multispecies Systems
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Author : Andrea Belgrano
language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 2011-11-16
The Role Of Body Size In Multispecies Systems written by Andrea Belgrano and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-16 with Nature categories.
This thematic volume represents an important and exciting benchmark in the study of integrative ecology, synthesizing and showcasing current research and highlighting future directions for the development of the field.
Animal Body Size
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Author : Felisa A. Smith
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-08-09
Animal Body Size written by Felisa A. Smith and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-09 with Science categories.
Galileo wrote that “nature cannot produce a horse as large as twenty ordinary horses or a giant ten times taller than an ordinary man unless by miracle or by greatly altering the proportions of his limbs and especially of his bones”—a statement that wonderfully captures a long-standing scientific fascination with body size. Why are organisms the size that they are? And what determines their optimum size? This volume explores animal body size from a macroecological perspective, examining species, populations, and other large groups of animals in order to uncover the patterns and causal mechanisms of body size throughout time and across the globe. The chapters represent diverse scientific perspectives and are divided into two sections. The first includes chapters on insects, snails, birds, bats, and terrestrial mammals and discusses the body size patterns of these various organisms. The second examines some of the factors behind, and consequences of, body size patterns and includes chapters on community assembly, body mass distribution, life history, and the influence of flight on body size.
The Role Of Body Size In Multispecies Systems
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Author : Andrea Belgrano
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Role Of Body Size In Multispecies Systems written by Andrea Belgrano and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
The Impact Of Environmental Variability On Ecological Systems
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Author : D.A. Vasseur
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-05-08
The Impact Of Environmental Variability On Ecological Systems written by D.A. Vasseur and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-08 with Science categories.
Fluctuations in the environmental conditions impacting life are ubiquitous. This book brings together contributions to provide readers with a comprehensive look at the challenges for ecological systems and ecological research alike. It offers a comprehensive range of topics, from environmental variability itself to its ecosystem-level impact.
Advances In Ecological Research
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language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 1999-02-12
Advances In Ecological Research written by and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-02-12 with Science categories.
This volume contains papers highlighting the diverse interests of modern ecologists. Areas covered range from modeling terrestrial carbon exchange and storage to the relationship between animal abundance and body size. Other papers address the free-air carbon dioxide enrichment in global change research; generalist predators, interaction strength, and food web stability; delays, demography, and cycles; and spatial root segregation. This volume is essential for all ecologists.
The Macroecological Perspective
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Author : José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-12-29
The Macroecological Perspective written by José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-29 with Science categories.
This comprehensive volume discusses the patterns and processes analyzed in macroecology with a distinct look at the theoretical and methodological issues underlying the discipline as well as deeper epistemological matters. The book serves as a synthesis of macroecological literature that has been published since Brown and Maurer proposed and defined the term “macroecology” in 1989. Author José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho draws from the different disciplines and branches (ecology, evolutionary biology, physiology, behavioral sciences, climatology, and paleontology) that make up macroecology to present a full, holistic picture of where the discipline stands. Through ten chapters, Diniz-Filho moves from a discussion of what macroecology actually is to macroecological modeling to the more applied side of the discipline, covering topics such as richness and diversity patterns and patterns in body size. The book concludes with a synthesis of how macroecological research is done in a theoretical and operational sense as well as unifying explanations for each of the macroecological patterns discussed, moving on to evaluate which theories and models are still useful and which ones can be abandoned. The book is intended for academics, young researchers and students interested in macroecology and conservation biogeography. In addition, because of the integrative nature of macroecology and the theoretical and methodological background in the book, it can be of interest to researchers working in related fields including but not limited to ecology and evolutionary biology.