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Population limitation in birds /

This book meets the demand for a comprehensive introduction to understanding the processes of population limitation. Recognized world-wide as a respected biologist and communicator, Dr. Ian Newton has now written a clear and detailed treatise on local scale population limiting factors in birds. It i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newton, Ian, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego : Academic Press, [1998]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Social systems and status
  • Habitat and density regulation
  • Territorial behaviour and density limitation
  • Density-dependence
  • Habitat fragments and metapopulations
  • Food-supply
  • Nest-sites
  • Predation
  • Parasites and pathogens
  • Weather
  • Inter-specific competition
  • Interactions between different limiting factors
  • Hunting and pest control
  • Pesticides and pollutants
  • Extinction.