Individual Behavior and Community Dynamics [Paperback]

A book blending evolution and trophic dynamics, taking into account recent advances in both behavioral and population ecology, is long overdue. A central objective of this book is to consider whether adaptive behavioral decisions on the individual organism level might tend to stabilize trophic interactions. A second major goal of the book is to explore the implications of presumably adaptive behaviors on trophic dynamics and the implications of trophic dynamics for the evolution of adaptive behaviors. All evolutionary biologists, ecologists, and behavioral ecologists should find this exciting volume essential reading.A book blending evolution and trophic dynamics, taking into account recent advances in both behavioral and population ecology, is long overdue. A central objective of this book is to consider whether adaptive behavioral decisions on the individual organism level might tend to stabilize trophic interactions. A second major goal of the book is to explore the implications of presumably adaptive behaviors on trophic dynamics and the implications of trophic dynamics for the evolution of adaptive behaviors. All evolutionary biologists, ecologists, and behavioral ecologists should find this exciting volume essential reading.1 Introduction.- 1.1 Objectives.- 1.2 Topics to be Covered.- 1.3 PredatorPrey Dynamics.- 1.4 Competition.- 1.5 Summary.- 2 Diet Selection.- 2.1 Nutrient-Maximizing Diets.- 2.1.1 Experimental Evidence for Optimal Diets.- 2.1.2 Partial Preferences.- 2.1.3 Diet Selection and the Functional Response.- 2.1.4 Experimental Tests of the Functional Response.- 2.1.5 Diet Choice and Population Dynamics.- 2.2 Evolutionary Dynamics of Diet Selection.- 2.3 Balanced Nutrient Diets.- 2.3.1 Experimental Evidence for Balanced Diets.- 2.3.2 Balanced Diets and Population Dynamics.- 2.4 Summary.- 3 Prey Defense.- 3.1 Types of Defenses.- 3.2 Defense Effects and Population Parameters.- 3.3 Parameter Effects on Dynamics.- 3l£6