TY - BOOK ID - 14449348 TI - Food webs and container habitats PY - 2000 SN - 1280429534 9786610429530 0511173865 0511017707 0511153120 051130336X 0511542100 0511049854 1107119790 9780511017704 9780511049859 9780511173868 9780521773164 0521773164 6610429537 0521773164 9781107119796 9781280429538 9780511153129 9780511542107 9780521120005 0521120004 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Aquatic ecology. KW - Aquatic habitats. KW - Aquatic habits. KW - Food chains (Ecology). KW - Fresh water ecology. KW - Aquatic ecology KW - Aquatic habitats KW - Food chains (Ecology) KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Ecology KW - Freshwater ecology. KW - Fresh water KW - Fresh-water ecology KW - Food webs (Ecology) KW - Animals KW - Biological productivity KW - Niche (Ecology) KW - Nutrient cycles KW - Habitat (Ecology) KW - Food KW - Trophic ecology KW - Aquatic biology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14449348 AB - The animal communities in plant-held water bodies, such as tree holes and pitcher plants, have become models for food-web studies. In this book, Professor Kitching introduces us to these fascinating miniature worlds and demonstrates how they can be used to tackle some of the major questions in community ecology. Based on thirty years' research in many parts of the world, this work presents much previously unpublished information, in addition to summarising over a hundred years of natural history observations by others. The book covers many aspects of the theory of food-web formation and maintenance presented with field-collected information on tree holes, bromeliads, pitcher plants, bamboo containers and the axils of fleshy plants. It is a unique introduction for the field naturalist and a stimulating source treatment for graduate students and professionals working in the fields of tropical and other forest ecology, as well as entomology. ER -