Dynamic Energy Budget theory for metabolic organization
S.A.L.M. Kooijman
Department of Theoretical Biology, Vrije University
De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
bas@bio.vu.nl http://www.bio.vu.nl/thb/personnel/members/kooijman.html
This session focusses on theory for the uptake and use of substrates and nutrients by organisms. The level of organisation can be the individual, the population, the ecosystem, as well as sub-organismal metabolic organisation. An essential element of the theory is the explicit use of mass and/or energy balances. We encourage the formulation of alternative models for allocation of resources with critical evaluations of theoretical and/or empirical implications.
We welcome contributions that address one or more of the following concepts: Stoichiometric constraints on production, homeostasis, body size scaling relationships, trophic interactions, evolution, life history theory, application of physics and chemistry in ecology and physiology, individual based population models, bifurcation theory, adaptive dynamics, aggregation methods.