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Encyclopedia of theoretical ecology /
"This major reference is an overview of the current state of theoretical ecology through a series of topical entries centered on both ecological and statistical themes. Coverage ranges across scales- from the physiological, to populations, landscapes, and ecosystems. Entries provide an introduc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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©2012
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| Colección: | Encyclopedias of the natural world ;
no. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Adaptive behavior and vigilance / Peter A. Bednekoff
- Adaptive dynamics / J.A.J. Metz
- Age structure / Tim Benton
- Allee effects / Caz M. Taylor
- Allometry and growth / Andrew J. Kerkhoff
- Apparent competition / Robert D. Holt
- Applied ecology / Cleo Bertelsmeier [and others]
- Assembly processes / James A. Drake, Paul Staelens, Daniel Wieczynski
- Bayesian statistics / Kiona Ogle, Jarrett J. Barber
- Behavioral ecology / B.D. Roitberg, R.G. Lalonde
- Belowground processes / James Umbanhowar
- Beverton-Holt model / Louis W. Botsford
- Bifurcations / Fabio Dercole, Sergio Rinaldi
- Biogeochemistry and nutrient cycles / Benjamin Z. Houlton
- Birth-death models / Christopher J. Dugaw
- Bottom-up control / John C. Moore, Peter C. De Ruiter
- Branching processes / Linda J.S. Allen
- Cannibalism / Alan Hastings
- Cellular automata / David E. Hiebeler
- Chaos / Robert F. Costantino, Robert A. Desharnais
- Coevolution / Brian D. Inouye
- Compartment models / Donald L. DeAngelis
- Computational ecology / Stuart H. Gage
- Conservation biology / H. Reşit Akçakaya
- Continental scale patterns / Brian A. Maurer
- Cooperation, Evolution of / Matthew R. Zimmerman, Richard McElreath, Peter J. Richerson
- Delay differential equations / Yang Kuang
- Demography / Charlotte Lee
- Difference equations / Jim M. Cushing
- Discounting in bioeconomics / Ram Ranjan, Jason F. Shogren
- Disease dynamics / Giulio De Leo, Chelsea L. Wood
- Dispersal, Animal / Gabriela Yates, Mark S. Boyce
- Dispersal, Evolution of / Marissa L. Baskett
- Dispersal, Plant / Helene C. Muller-Landau
- Diversity measures / Anne Chao, Lou Jost
- Dynamic programming / Michael Bode, Hedley Grantham
- Ecological economics / Sunny Jardine, James N. Canchirico
- Ecosystem ecology / Yiqi Luo, Ensheng Weng, Yuanhe Yang
- Ecosystem engineers / Kim Cuddington
- Ecosystem services / Fiorenza Micheli, Anne Guerry
- Ecosystem valuation / Stephen Polasky
- Ecotoxicology / Valery Forbes, Peter Calow
- Energy budgets / S.A.L.M. Kooijman
- Environmental heterogeneity and plants / Gordon A. Fox, Bruce E. Kendall, Susan Schwinning
- Epidemiology and epidemic modeling / Lisa Sattenspiel
- Evolutionarily stable strategies / Richard McElreath
- Evolutionary computation / James W. Haefner
- Facilitation / Michael W. McCoy [and others]
- Fisheries ecology / Elliott Lee Hazen, Larry B. Crowder
- Food chains and food web modules / Kevin McCann, Gabriel Gellner
- Food webs / Axel G. Rossberg
- Foraging behavior / Thomas Caraco
- Forest simulators / Michael C. Dietze, Andrew M. Latimer
- Frequentist statistics / N. Thompson Hobbs
- Functional traits of species and individuals / Duncan J. Irschick, Chi-Yun Kuo
- Game theory / Karl Sigmund, Christian Hilbe
- Gap analysis and presence/absence models / Jocelyn L. Aycrigg, J. Michael Scott
- Gas and energy fluxes across landscapes / Dennis Baldocchi
- Geographic information systems / Michael F. Goodchild
- Harvesting theory / Wayne Marcus Getz
- Hydrodynamics / John L. Largier
- Individual-based ecology / Steven F. Railsback, Volker Grimm
- Information criteria in ecology / Subhash R. Lele, Mark L. Taper
- Integrated whole organism physiology / Arnold J. Bloom
- Integrodifference equations / Mark Kot, Mark A. Lewis, Michael G. Neubert
- Invasion biology / Mark A. Lewis, Christopher L. Jerde
- Landscape ecology / Jianguo Wu
- Marine reserves and ecosystem-based management / Leah R. Gerber, Tara Gancos Crawford, Benjamin Halpern
- Markov chains / Louis J. Gross
- Mating behavior / Patricia Adair Gowaty
- Matrix models / Eelke Jongejans, Hans De Kroon
- Meta-analysis / Michael D. Jennions, Kerrie Mengerson
- Metabolic theory of ecology / James F. Gillooly, April Hayward, Melanie E. Moses
- Metacommunities / Marcel Holyoak, Jamie M. Kneitel
- Metapopulations / Ilkka Hanski
- Microbial communities / Thomas G. Platt [and others]
- Model fitting / Perry De Valpine
- Movement: from individuals to populations / Paul R. Moorcroft
- Mutation, selection, and genetic drift / Brian Charlesworth
- Networks, Ecological / Anna Eklöf, Stefano Allesina
- Neutral community ecology / Stephen P. Hubbell
- Niche construction / John Odling-Smee
- Niche overlap / Howard V. Cornell
- Nicholson-Bailey host parasitoid model / Cheryl J. Briggs
- NPZ models / Peter J.S. Franks
- Ocean circulation, Dynamics of / Christopher A. Edwards
- Optimal control theory / Hien T. Tran
- Ordinary differential equations / Sebastian J. Schreiber
- Pair approximations / Joshua L. Payne
- Partial differential equations / Nicholas F. Britton
- Phase plane analysis / Shandelle M. Henson
- Phenotypic plasticity / Mario Pineda-Krch
- Phylogenetic reconstruction / Brian C. O'Meara
- Phylogeography / Scott V. Edwards, Susan E. Cameron Devitt, Matthew K. Fujita
- Plant competition and canopy interactions / E. David Foss
- Population ecology / Michael B. Bonsali, Claire Dooley
- Population viability analysis / William F. Morris
- Predator-prey models / Peter A. Abrams
- Quantitative genetics / Paul David Williams
- Reaction-diffusion models / Chris Cosner
- Regime shifts / Reinette Biggs [and others]
- Reserve selection and conservation prioritization / Atte Moilanen
- Resilience and stability / Michio Kondoh
- Restoration ecology / Richard J. Hall
- Ricker model / Eric P. Bjorkstedt
- Sex, Evolution of / Jan Engelstädter, Francisco Úbeda
- Single-species population models / Karen C. Abbott, Anthony R. Ives
- SIR models / Lewi Stone, Guy Katriel, Frank M. Hilker
- Spatial ecology / Alan Hastings
- Spatial models, Stochastic / Stephen M. Krone
- Spatial spread / Alan Hastings
- Species ranges / Kevin J. Gaston, Hannah S. Smith
- Stability analysis / Chad E. Brassil
- Stage structure / Robert M. Nisbet, Cheryl J. Briggs
- Statistics in ecology / Kevin Gross
- Stochasticity (overview) / Matt J. Keeling
- Stochasticity, Demographic / Brett A. Melbourne
- Stochasticity, Environmental / Jörgen Ripa
- Stoichiometry, Ecological / James J. Elser, Yang Kuang
- Storage effect / Robin Snyder
- Stress and species interactions / Ragan M. Callaway
- Succession / Herman H. Shugart
- Synchrony, Spatial / Andrew M. Liebhold
- Top-down control / Peter C. De Ruiter, John C. Moore
- Transport in individuals / Vincent P. Gutschick
- Two-species competition / Priyanga Amarasekare
- Urban ecology / Mary L. Cadenasso, Steward T.A. Pickett.