02586cam a2200421Ma 4500 ocn955136289 OCoLC 20190328114815.0 m o d cr |n||||||||| 160805s2016 enk o 001 0 eng d IDEBK eng pn IDEBK OPELS OCLCF OCLCQ QCL OCLCQ MERUC N$T OCLCQ U3W D6H OCLCQ AU@ OCLCQ 994001516 0128030372 (electronic bk.) 9780128030370 (electronic bk.) 9780128030332 (print) 012803033X (print) (OCoLC)955136289 (OCoLC)994001516 QL496.4 SCI 070000 bisacsh 595.717 23 595.7 23 Schowalter, Timothy Duane, 1952- Insect ecology : an ecosystem approach / [electronic resource] Timothy D. Schowalter. 4th ed. London, UK : Academic Press, 2016. 1 online resource (776) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach, Fourth Edition, follows a hierarchical organization that begins with relatively easy-to-understand chapters on adaptive responses of insect populations to various environmental changes, disturbances, and anthropogenic activities, how insects find food and habitat resources, and how insects allocate available energy and nutrients. Chapters build on fundamental information to show how insect populations respond to changing environmental conditions, including spatial and temporal distribution of food and habitat. The next section integrates populations of interacting species within communities and how these interactions determine structure of communities over time and space. Other works in insect ecology stop there, essentially limiting presentation of insect ecology to evolutionary responses of insects to their environment, including the activities of other species. The unique aspect of this book is its four chapters on ecosystem structure and function, and how herbivores, pollinators, seed predators, and detritivores drive ecosystem dynamics and contribute to ecosystem stability. Insects Ecology. SCIENCE Life Sciences Zoology General. bisacsh Insects Ecology. fast (OCoLC)fst00974103 Electronic books. ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128030332 247392 247392