The impact of environmental variability on ecological systems / ed. by Vasseur D.A., McCann K.S. - Dordrecht: Sprtnger, 2007. - xiii, 231 p.: ill. (some col.). - (Peter Yodzis fundamental ecology series; 2). - Ind.: p.227-231. - ISBN 978-1-4020-5850-9  Место хранения:   05 | Сибирский институт физиологии и биохимии растений СО РАН | Иркутск

Оглавление / Contents

List of Contributors .......................................... vii Preface ........................................................ ix Introduction ................................................... xi 1. El Nino and La Nina: Physical Mechanisms and Climate Impacts ...................................................... 1 Michael J. Mcphaden 2. How do Scale and Sampling Resolution Affect Perceived Ecological Variability and Redness? ......................... 17 John M. Halley 3. Assessing the Impact of Environmental Variability on Trophic Systems using an Allometric Frequency-resolved Approach .................................................... 41 David A. Vasseur 4. Filtering Environmental Variability: Activity Optimization, Thermal Refuges, and the Energetic Responses of Endotherms to Temperature ...................... 61 Murray M. Humphries and James Umbanhowar 5. Environment Forcing Populations ............................. 89 Esa Ranta, Veijo Kaitala, Mike S. Fowler and Jan Lindström 6. Interaction Assessments in Correlated and Autocorrelated Environments ............................................... 1ll Jorgen Ripa and Anthony R. Ives 7. Specialist-Generalist Competition in Variable Environments; the Consequences of Competition between Resources .................................................. 133 Peter A. Abrams 8. Environmental Variability Modulates the Insurance Effects of Diversity in Non-equilibrium Communities ........ 159 Andrew Gonzalez and Oscar De Feo 9. Effects of Environmental Variability on Ecological Communities: Testing the Insurance Hypothesis of Biodiversity in Aquatic Microcosms ......................... 179 Owen L. Petchey 10.Environmental Variability and the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem .................................................. 197 Valerie Loeb Index ......................................................... 227