Vertical Food Web Interactions: Evolutionary Patterns and Driving Forces

With regard to their nutrition, the organisms of an ecosystem are connected in the form of a chain or - in many relationships - in the form of a web. This book treats the interactions between predator and prey or host and parasite and further interesting aspects such as the production of toxins as defence mechanism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642645283
• ISBN13: 9783642645280
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"