Begon / Mortimer / Thompson Population Ecology

A Unified Study of Animals and Plants
3. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1375-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Worldwide, Population Ecology is the leading textbook onthis titled subject. Written primarily for students, it describesthe present state of population ecology in terms that can bereadily understood by undergraduates with little or no backgroundin the subject. Carefully chosen experimental examples illustrateeach topic, and studies of plants and animals are combined to showhow fundamental principles can be derived that apply to bothspecies. Use of complex mathematics ia avoided throughout the book,and what math is necessary is dealt with by examination of realexperimental data rather than dull theory.
* * The latest edition of this leading textbook.
* Adopted as an Open University set text.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Begon, Michael

Mortimer, Martin

Thompson, David J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Part 1: Single-Species Populations.
1. Describing Populations.
2. Intraspecific Competition.
3. Models of Single-Species Populations.
Part 2: Interpecific Interactions.
4. Interspecific Competition.
5. Predation.
Part 3: Synthesis.
6. Population Regulation.
7. Beyond Population Ecology.
References.
Author Index.
Organism Index.
Subject Index.