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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	April 2012
Genre:	Naturwissensch., Medizin, Technik
	Biowissenschaften / Ecology & Organismal Biology / Life Sciences / Ökologie / Ökologie u. Biologie der Organismen
ISBN:	9780470671528
EAN-Code:	9780470671528
Verlag:	Wiley
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 242 mm / B 189 mm / D 19 mm
Gewicht:	848 gr
Seiten:	392
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Inhalt:

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.