Foreword | p. v |
Contributors | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Structure and function | p. 5 |
Biosimplicity via stoichiometry: the evolution of food-web structure and processes | p. 7 |
Spatial structure and dynamics in a marine food web | p. 19 |
Role of network analysis in comparative ecosystem ecology of estuaries | p. 25 |
Food webs in lakes-seasonal dynamics and the impact of climate variability | p. 41 |
Pattern and process in food webs: evidence from running waters | p. 51 |
Examining food-web theories | p. 67 |
Some random thoughts on the statistical analysis of food-web data | p. 69 |
Analysis of size and complexity of randomly constructed food webs by information theoretic metrics | p. 73 |
Size-based analyses of aquatic food webs | p. 86 |
Food-web theory in marine ecosystems | p. 98 |
Stability and diversity in food webs | p. 115 |
Modeling food-web dynamics: complexity-stability implications | p. 117 |
Is biodiversity maintained by food-web complexity?-the adaptive food-web hypothesis | p. 130 |
Climate forcing, food web structure, and community dynamics in pelagic marine ecosystems | p. 143 |
Food-web theory provides guidelines for marine conservation | p. 170 |
Biodiversity and aquatic food webs | p. 184 |
Concluding remarks | p. 199 |
Ecological network analysis: an escape from the machine | p. 201 |
Afterword | p. 208 |
References | p. 211 |
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