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This book in the Functional Biology Series combines the author's two major academic interests, research on the biology of the sticklebacks and teaching courses on theoretical ecology. The purposes of the book are twofold. The first is to demonstrate that the theoretical framework in ecology and evolutionary biology that has been developed, much of it over the past two decades, can be used to illuminate our understanding of the ways in which animals function in everyday life. The second is to show that the knowledge that can only be gained by a close and detailed study of a taxon will be required to test critically this theoretical framework.
Contents v
Functional Biology Series: Foreword / P. Calow ix
Preface / R.J. Wootton xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 Spatial Distribution 4
3 Structure and Function 20
4 Feeding 32
5 Environmental Factors, Metabolism and Energetics 63
6 Growth and Production 83
7 Reproduction 103
8 Inter-specific Interactions 155
9 Population Dynamics 182
10 Ecological Genetics 193
11 Life-history Strategy in Sticklebacks 227
References 239
Index 261