Food webs and container habitats : the natural history and ecology of phytotelmata /
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| Author / Creator: | Kitching, R. L. (Roger Laurence), 1945- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 431 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11130805 |
| Summary: | The animal communities in plant-held water bodies, such as tree-holes and pitcher plants, have become models for food-web studies. In this book, Professor Kitching introduces us to these fascinating miniature worlds and demonstrates how they can be used to tackle some of the major questions in community ecology. Based on thirty years research in many parts of the world, this work presents much previously unpublished information, in addition to summarising over a hundred years of natural history observations by others. The book covers many aspects of the theory of food-web formation and maintenance presented with field-collected information on tree-holes, bromeliads, pitcher plants, bamboo containers and the axils of fleshy plants. It is a unique introduction to the field naturalist, and a stimulating source treatment for graduate students and professionals working in the fields of tropical and other forest ecology, as well as entomology. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 431 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-418). |
| ISBN: | 0511017707 9780511017704 0511049854 9780511049859 0511173865 9780511173868 9780521773164 0521773164 9786610429530 6610429537 1107119790 9781107119796 1280429534 9781280429538 0511153120 9780511153129 0511542100 9780511542107 9780521120005 0521120004 |