Do lemmings commit suicide? : beautiful hypotheses and ugly facts /

In 1929, a group of scientists, working at Oxford University, began "the pursuit of the ecological Holy Grail," an endeavor devoted to the search for the secret mechanisms behind biological life cycles as they occur in many animal populations. By 1935, the group had become the Bureau of An...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chitty, Dennis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Temas:
Lemmings.
Lemmings > Behavior.
Rodent populations.
Arvicolinae
Lemmings > Mœurs et comportement.
Rongeurs > Populations.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
Diergedrag.
Rodents
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Pioneering Observations, 1929-1939
  • 3. Qualitative Changes, 1937-1939
  • 4. Wartime Rat and Mouse Control, 1939-1946
  • 5. Replication, 1946-1951
  • 6. Behavior, Physiology, and Natural Selection, 1949-1961
  • 7. Controversies, 1952-1956
  • 8. Varying the Circumstances, 1952-1959
  • 9. From Wytham Woods to Baker Lake, 1959-1962
  • 10. Synchrony, 1924-1961
  • 11. Review, 1923-1961
  • 12. Epilogue, 1961-1995.

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