Cambridge Studies in Ecology: Adaptive Herbivore Ecology: From Resources to Populations in Variable Environments

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Cambridge Studies in Ecology: Adaptive Herbivore Ecology: From Resources to Populations in Variable Environments Author: Format: Paperback / softback First Published: Published By: Cambridge University Press
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Pages: 392 Illustrations and other contents: Worked examples or Exercises Language: English ISBN: 9780521148368 Categories: ,

The adaptation of herbivore behaviour to seasonal and locational variations in vegetation quantity and quality is inadequately modelled by conventional methods. Norman Owen-Smith innovatively links the principles of adaptive behaviour to their consequences for population dynamics and community ecology, through the application of a metaphysiological modelling approach. The main focus is on large mammalian herbivores occupying seasonally variable environments such as those characterised by African savannahs, but applications to temperate zone ungulates are also included. Issues of habitat suitability, species coexistence, and population stability or instability are similarly investigated. The modelling approach accommodates various sources of environmental variability, in space and time, in a simple conceptual way and has the potential to be applied to other consumer-resource systems. This text highlights the crucial importance of adaptive consumer responses to environmental variability and is aimed particularly at academic researchers and graduate students in the field of ecology.

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Review of the hardback: ' … an enjoyable and informative addition to the ecological literature. We are convinced others will find the book equally stimulating and useful.' Science