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Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities

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This revised and updated textbook is, as before the study of plant and animal ecology, fully integrated and mathematical, and laborotory studies are described where necessary. Examples drawn from real ecological systems illustrate the complexity of this subject and the involvement of diverse areas - descriptive natural history, physiology, behaviour, field experimentation and mathematical modelling. The book attempts to encourage the reader to combine all the above facets, so that a balanced view emerges. Emphasis is placed on the clear presentation of mathematical aspects, and the material aims to be accessible to the undergraduate with little experience and also stimulating to practising ecologists. This new edition contains two new chapters both of which consider areas of applied ecology which are relevant to contemporary global issues. The first considers the control of abundance; on the one hand the limitingof pest and weed populations, on the other, maintaining the biological diversity of endangered species. Thesecond considers large areas as an extension of the discussion of communities. These "ecosystems" in the newest sense of the word are an important field of study when considering some of the important environmental problems facing mankind.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Organisms: the match between organisms and their environments; conditions; resources; life and death in unitary and modular organisms; migration and dispersal in space and time. Part 2 Interactions: intraspecific competition; interspecific competition; the nature of predation; the behaviour of predators; the population dynamics of predation; decomposers and detritivores; parasitism and disease; mutualism. Part 3 Two overviews: life history variation; abundance. Part 4 Communities: practical manipulations of abundance - killing, culling and conserving; the nature of the community; the flux matter through communities; the influence of competition on community structure; the influence of predation and disturbance on community structure; islands, areas and colonization; community stability and community structure; patterns of species richness.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780632023448
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell Science Ltd
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Sub Title: Individuals, Populations and Communities
  • ISBN-10: 0632023449
  • Publisher Date: 27 Feb 1990
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 254 mm
  • Width: 198 mm


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