Ecological Networks Linking Structure to Dynamics in Food Webs [Hardcover]

This book is based on proceedings from a February 2004 Santa Fe Institute workshop. Its contributing chapter authors treat the ecology of predator-prey interactions and food web theory, structure, and dynamics, joining researchers who also work on complex systems and on large nonlinear networks from the points of view of other sub-fields within ecology. Food webs play a central role in the debates on the role of complexity in stability, persistence, and resilience. Better empirical data and the exploding interest in the subject of networks across social, physical, and natural sciences prompted creation of this volume. The book explores the boundaries of what is known of the relationship between structure and dynamics in ecological networks and defines directions for future developments in this field.

Preface,M. Pascual and J. A. Dunne
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. From Small to Large Ecological Networks in a Dynamic World,M. Pascual and J. A. Dunne
PART II: STRUCTURE OF COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS
2. The Network Structure of Food Webs,J. A. Dunne
3. Graph Theory and Food Webs,C. C. Cartozo, G. Garlaschelli, and G. Caldarelli
4. Parasites and Food Webs,A. Dobson, K. Lafferty, and A. Kuris
5. The Structure of Plant-Animal Mutualistic Networks,J. Bascompte and P. Jordano
PART III: INTEGRATING ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS
6. Diversity, Complexity, and Persistance in Large Model Ecosystems,N. D. Martinez, R. J. Williams, and J. A. Dunne
7. Exploring Network Space with Genetic Algorithms Modularity, Resilience, and Reactivity
8. Food-Web Structure and Dynamics: Reconciling Alternative Ecological Currencies,J. F. Gillooly, A. P. Allen, and J. H. Brown
PART IV: ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS AS EVOLVING, ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS
9. Models of Food-Web Evolution,A. J. McKane and B. Drossel
10. PhenotylsŒ