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Academic & Professional Books  Insects & other Invertebrates  Arthropods (excl. insects)  Spiders, Scorpions, Ticks & Mites (Arachnida)

Spiders in Ecological Webs

By: David H Wise(Author)
328 pages, 63 line illus
Spiders in Ecological Webs
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  • Spiders in Ecological Webs ISBN: 9780521310611 Paperback Jan 1995 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks
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About this book

As experimental organisms, spiders offer ecologists a unique opportunity to examine the concept of the ecological community and the role which field experimentation can play in evaluating theories of population and community ecology. In this book, David Wise provides a balanced critique of field experiments designed to uncover details of spider ecology, with the dual aim of clarifying the ecology of these fascinating organisms and providing insight into the advantages and challenges of performing field experiments with a predator ubiquitous in terrestrial ecosystems. This book will be an essential reference for all ecologists wishing to learn more about the ecology of a major terrestrial predator and the use of field experimentation as a powerful technique to test ecological hypotheses.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements

1. The spider in the ecological play
2. Hungry spiders
3. Competitionist views of spider communities
4. Failure of the competitionist paradigm
5. How spiders avoid competition
6. Impact of spiders on insect populations
7. Anchoring the ecological web
8. Untangling a tangled web
9. Spinning a stronger story

References
Index

Customer Reviews

By: David H Wise(Author)
328 pages, 63 line illus
Media reviews

"[...] useful reading for anyone seeking to bridge the gap between data and theory in ecology. It should make an interesting text for a graduate-level course in community ecology, help students to plan research and set any ecologist thinking about possible generalizations."
 –Deborah M. Gordon, Nature

"This timely book appears when there is still a manageable number of studies of spider ecology: in less than 300 pages of text, Wise covers all the major work in depth."
– Elizabeth M. Jakob, Science

" [...] the writing is clear, evenly presented, and logically organized; the figures are well integrated with the written text [...] An excellent book for academic libraries supporting programs in agriculture, biology, ecology, and entomology."
– S.L. Smith, Choice

" [...] a major accomplishment. Its brevity belies the enormous amount of fastidious research involved in its production [...] a unique contribution that allows scientists an accurate assessment of the current status of spider ecology."
Trends in Ecology and Evolution

" [...] clearly written and highly informative [...] will be a well-used reference in my library, and is an excellent point of access to the spider literature for anyone interested in exploring the role of spiders in terrestrial ecosystems."
– Ann L. Rypstra, Ecology

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