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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Newton, Ian, 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, [1998]
Subjects:
Bird populations.
Birds > Ecology.
Oiseaux > Populations.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
Bird populations
Birds > Ecology
behaviour > density > predation > weather > parasites > hu nting > pest control > extinction > habitat
vogels
birds
populatiedynamica
population dynamics
menselijke invloed
human impact
Aves
Population Ecology
Populatie-ecologie
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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