5. Renewing the Dialogue between Theory and Experiments in Population Ecology

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 3
4. I. FROM INDIVIDUALS TO POPULATIONS
5. 1. Plant Physiological Ecology: A Theoretician's Perspective 11
6. 2. Individual Behavior and the Procurement of Essential Resources 25
7. 3. Discussion: From Individuals to Populations 39
8. II . POPULATION DYNAMICS AND SPECIES INTERACTIONS
9. 4. Plant Population Dynamic Theory 54
10. 5. Renewing the Dialogue between Theory and Experiments in Population Ecology 68
11. 6. Discussion: Population Dynamics and Species Interactions 89
12. III. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
13. 7. Blending Ecology and Genetics: Progress toward a Unified Population Biology 101
14. 8. Fossils, Macroevolution, and Theoretical Ecology 125
15. 9. Discussion: Ecology and Evolution 135
16. IV. SCALE AND COUPLING IN ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
17. 10. Perspectives in Hierarchy and Scale 140
18. 11. Physical and Biological Scales of Variability in Lakes, Estuaries, and the Coastal Ocean 157
19. 12. Discussion: Scale and Coupling in Ecological Systems 177
20. V. STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLY OF COMMUNITIES
21. 13. Food Webs and Community Structure 181
22. 14. The Structure and Assembly of Communities 203
23. 15. Discussion: Structure and Assembly of Communities 227
24. VI. ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
25. 16. Challenges in the Development of a Theory of Community and Ecosystem Structure and Function 242
26. 17. Simulators as Models of Forest Dynamics 256
27. 18. Discussion: Ecosystem Structure and Function 268
28. VII. ECOLOGY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
29. 19. Bioeconomics 275
30. 20. Theoretical Issues in Conservation Biology 287
31. 21. Discussion: Ecology and Resource Management—Is Ecological Theory Any Good in Practice? 306
32. VIII. ECOLOGY OF PESTS AND PATHOGENS
33. 22. The Population Biology of Host-Parasite and Host-Parasitoid Associations 319
34. 23. Discussion: Ecology of Pests and Pathogens 348
35. Appendix. Ecological Theory: A List of Books 363
36. List of Participants 367
37. Author Index 371
38. Subject Index 383