▪ Abstract Lentic freshwater habitats in temperate regions exist along a gradient from small
ephemeral ponds to large permanent lakes. This environmental continuum is a useful axis …

A central controversy in ecology addresses the relative importance of competi-tion and
predation in determining the characteristics of organisms (eg behavior, life history) …

Food webs in nature have multiple, reticulate connections between a diversity of consumers
and resources. Such complexity affects web dynamics: it first spreads the direct effects of …

Food webs in the real world are much more complex than food-web literature would have us
believe. This is illustrated by the web of the sand community in the Coachella Valley desert …

During a 7—yr population on the wood frog, Rana sylvatica, the breeding population size
fluctuated by a factor of 10 and juvenile production by a factor of 100. Variation in the adult …

Reports of declining amphibian populations in many parts of the world are numerous, but
supporting long-term census data are generally unavailable. Census data from 1979 to …

Anurans show a distinct dichotomy among the sources of energy used during larval growth
and development, endotrophy and exotrophy. This distinction allows more exact definitions …

▪ Abstract Predator-induced phenotypic plasticity is widespread in nature and includes
variation in life history, morphology, and behavior. In organisms with complex life histories …

When assuming the task of preparing a book such as this, one inevitably wonders why
anyone would want to read it. I have always sympathized with Charles Elton's trenchant …

A food web graphically represents the paths of nutrients and energy through the living
components of an ecosystem and the context in which individuals exploit their prey and …