Trait-Based Ecology - From Structure to Function [Hardcover]

The theme of this volume is Trait-Based Ecology - From Structure to Function.

• Advances in Ecological Research is one of the most successful series in the highly competitive field of ecology
• Each volume publishes topical and important reviews, interpreting ecology as widely as in the past, to include all material that contributes to our understanding of the field
• Topics in this invaluable series include the physiology, populations, and communities of plants and animals, as well as landscape and ecosystem ecology

1. Scaling-up Trait Variation from Individuals to Ecosystems

Jean P. Gibert, Anthony I. Dell, John P. DeLong and Samraat Pawar

2. Individual Variability: The Missing Component to our Understanding of Predator-Prey Interactions

Nathalie Pettorelli, Anne Hilborn , Clare Duncan and Sarah M. Durant

3. Individual Variation Decreases Interference Competition but Increases Species Persistence

Jean P. Gibert and John P. DeLong

4. Predictors of Individual Variation in Movement in a Natural Population of Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Kate L. Laskowski, Simon Pearish, Miles Bensky and Alison M. Bell

5. Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant-Insect Communities Facing Disturbances: Implications for Community Maintenance and Agricultural Management

Ewen Georgelin, Grigoris Kylafis and Nicolas Loeuille

6. Population and Community Body Size Structure Across a Complex Environmental Gradient

Anthony I. Dell, Lei Zhao, Ulrich Brose, RichlÃ