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Theoretical ecology : principles and applications /

Theoretical Ecology provides a succinct, up-to-date overview of the field set in the context of applications, thereby bridging the traditional division of theory and practice. It describes the recent advances in our understanding of how interacting populations of plants and animals change over time...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: May, Robert M. (Robert McCredie), 1936-2020, McLean, Angela R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 How populations cohere: five rules for cooperation; 3 Single-species dynamics; 4 Metapopulations and their spatial dynamics; 5 Predator-prey interactions; 6 Plant population dynamics; 7 Interspecific competition and multispecies coexistence; 8 Diversity and stability in ecological communities; 9 Communities: patterns; 10 Dynamics of infectious disease; 11 Fisheries; 12 A doubly Green Revolution: ecology and food production; 13 Conservation biology: unsolved problems and their policy implications.