Resource Ecology

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction to Resource Ecology

   • Frank Van Langevelde, Herbert H. T. Prins

   Pages 1-6

3. Mechanisms Determining Large-Herbivore Distribution

   • Derek W. Bailey, Frederick D. Provenza

   Pages 7-28

4. Comments on “Mechanisms Determining Large-Herbivore Distribution”

   • Sipke E. Van Wieren, Michael Drescher, Willem F. De Boer

   Pages 29-31

5. Spatial Statistics to Quantify Patterns of Herd Dispersion in a Savanna Herbivore Community

   • Alfred Stein, Nicholas Georgiadis

   Pages 33-51

6. Comments on “Spatial Statistics to Quantify Patterns of Herd Dispersion in a Savanna Herbivore Community”Introduction to Resource Ecology

   • Herbert H. T. Prins, Sipke E. Van Wieren, Arend M. H. Brunsting

   Pages 53-56

7. Resource Distribution and Dynamics: mapping herbivore resources

   • Andrew K. Skidmore, Jelle G. Ferwerda

   Pages 57-77

8. Comments on “Resource Distribution and Dynamics: Mapping Herbivore Resources”

   • Herbert H. T. Prins, Willem. F. De Boer, Frank Van Langevelde

   Pages 79-80

9. Foraging in a heterogeneous environment: intake and diet choice

   • Emilio A. Laca

   Pages 81-100

10. Comments on “Foraging in a Heterogeneous Environment: Intake and Diet Choice”

    • Michael Drescher, Herbert H. T. Prins, Arend M. H. Brunsting

    Pages 101-103

11. Predictive modelling of patch use by terrestrial herbivores

    • John M. Fryxell

    Pages 105-123

12. Comments On “Predictive Modelling Of Patch Use By Terrestrial Herbivores”

    • Ignas M. A. HeitkÖnig, Michael Drescher, Willem F. De Boer

    Pages 125-127

13. Assembling a diet from different places

    • Herbert H. T. Prins, Frank Van Langevelde

    Pages 129-155

14. Comments On “Assembling A Diet From Different Places”

    • Iain J. Gordon

    Pages 157-158

15. Effects of Temporal Variability in Resources on Foraging Behaviour

    • Norman Owen-Smith

    Pages 159-181

16. Comments on “Effects of Temporal Variability in Resources on Foraging Behaviour‛

    • Willem F. De Boer, Arend M. H. Brunsting

    Pages 183-185

17. Large-Scale Movements of Large Herbivores Livestock following changes in seasonal forage supply

    • Randall B. Boone, Shauna B. Burnsilver, Jeffrey S. Worden, Kathleen A. Galvin, N. Thompson Hobbs

    Pages 187-206

18. Comments on “Large-Scale Movements of Large Herbivores: Livestock Following Changes in Seasonal Forage Supply”

    • Willem F. De Boer, Thomas A. Groen, Ignas M. A. HeitkÖnig, Koen Kramer

    Pages 207-210

19. Relevance of Key Resource Areas for Large-Scale Movements of Livestock

    • Paul Scholte, Joost Brouwer

    Pages 211-232

20. Comments on “Relevance of Key Resource Areas for Large-Scale Movements of Livestock”

    • Herbert H. T. Prins, Arend M. H. Brunsting, Frank Van Langevelde

    Pages 233-236

This book focuses on ‘resource ecology’, which we defined as ‘the ecology of trophic interactions between consumers and their resources’. In our endeavour to shape the discipline of ‘resource ecology’ further, we invited some world-class scientists to think with us. We thus organised a symposium where we made sure that we paid attention to the original Greek meaning of the word: we discussed, ate and drank together and, for health reasons, made sure that we hade enough time for strolling and bicycling along the banks of the River Rhine. We even climbed a beautiful mediaeval church tower dedicated to Saint Cunera dating back to the year that Columbus sailed for America. In ecology, spatial ecology is an up-and-coming domain of science. It addresses the effects of space and scale on the dynamics of individual species and on the structure and dynamics of multi-species assemblages. More than a few recent studies demonstrate the significance of taking into account the spatial structure of resources on the population dynamics and assemblage structure of consumers. We believe that bringing together scientists specialised in foraging theory with those who know much about spatial ecology can create a new context from which new theory will emerge. Every chapter was written on invitation. We as editors had outlined what we had in mind and sent that outline to the selected authors.

• aminmal movements
• biodiversity
• ecology
• environment
• resource distribution
• resource ecology
• scale
• spatial ecology
• temporal dynamics

From the reviews: “The book presents a very readable account of the current state of play across the broad range of herbivore resource ecology: diet selection and intake at local, patch and landscape scales. … I would certainly recommend this book to researchers, undergraduate and graduate reading groups, because the contents provide plenty of food for thought and debate. Conveniently, the chapters can be viewed individually at the website.” (Andrew Illius, African Journal of Range & Forage Science, Vol. 27 (1), 2010)

• Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

  Herbert H. T. Prins, Frank Langevelde

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