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Perspectives in ecological theory /
This volume presents an overview of current accomplishments and future directions in ecological theory. The twenty-three chapters cover a broad range of important topics, from the physiology and behavior of individuals or groups of organisms, through population dynamics and community structure, to t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[1989]
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| Colección: | Princeton legacy library
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Jonathan Roughgarden, Robert M. May, and Simon A. Levin
- I. From individuals to populations ; Plant physiological ecology : a theoretician's perspective / Louis J. Gross
- Individual behavior and the procurement of essential resources / H. Ronald Pulliam
- Discussion : from individuals to populations / M.A.R. Koehl
- II. Population dynamics and species interactions ; Plant population dynamic theory / Stephen W. Pacala
- Renewing the dialogue between theory and experiments in population ecology / Peter Kareiva
- Discussion : population dynamics and species interactions / David Tilman
- III. Ecology and evolution ; Blending ecology and genetics : progress toward a unified population biology / Joseph Travis and Laurence D. Mueller
- Fossils, macroevolution, and theoretical ecology / Steven M. Stanley
- Discussion : ecology and evolution / Marcus W. Feldman
- IV. Scale and coupling in ecological systems ; Perspectives in hierarchy and scale / R.V. O'Neill
- Physical and biological scales of variability in lakes, estuaries, and the coastal ocean / Thomas M. Powell
- Discussion : scale and coupling in ecological systems / John H. Steele
- V. Structure and assembly of communities ; Food webs and community structure / Joel E. Cohen
- The structure and assembly of communities / Jonathan Roughgarden
- Discussion : structure and assembly of communities / Martin L. Cody
- VI. Ecosystem structure and function ; Challenges in the development of a theory of community and ecosystem structure and function / Simon A. Levin
- Simulators as models of forest dynamics / Henry S. Horn, Herman H. Shugart, and Dean L. Urban
- Discussion : ecosystem structure and function / William H. Schlesinger
- VII. Ecology and resource management ; Bioeconomics / Colin W. Clark
- Theoretical issues in conservation biology / Stuart L. Pimm and Michael E. Gilpin
- Discussion : ecology and resource management : is ecological theory any good in practice? / Paul R. Ehrlich
- VIII. Ecology of pests and pathogens ; The population biology of host-parasite and host-parasitoid associations / Michael P. Hassell and Robert M. May
- Discussion : ecology of pests and pathogens / Roy M. Anderson
- Appendix. Ecological theory : a list of books.