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Understanding the functioning of ecosystems requires the
understanding of the interactions between consumer species and
their resources. How do these interactions affect the variations of
population abundances? How do population abundances determine the
impact of predators on their prey? The view defended in this book
is that the "null model" that most ecologists tend to use is
inappropriate because it assumes that the amount of prey consumed
by each predator is insensitive to the number of conspecifics. The
authors argue that the amount of prey available per predator,
rather than the absolute abundance of prey, is the basic
determinant of the dynamics of predation. This so-called ratio
dependence is shown to be a much more reasonable "null model."
A famous ecologist and a philosopher of science team up to offer a
fresh new approach to population biology and ecology. Challenging
the traditionally accepted Lotka-Volterra model, which is based on
predator-prey interactions, this new model emphasizes maternal
effects, specifically the significance of a mother's interest in
the success of her female offspring.
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