Krebs, Charles J.
Ecology : the experimental analysis of distribution and abundance / Charles J. Krebs. - 5th ed. - San Francisco : Benjamin Cummings, �2001. - xx, 695 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-663).
What is ecology? -- Introduction to the science of ecology -- Evolution and ecology -- Problem of distribution: populations -- Methods for analyzing distributions -- Factors the limit distributions: dispersal -- Factors that limit distributions: habitat selection -- Factors the limit distributions: interrelations with other species -- Factors the limit distributions: temperature, moisture, and other physical-chemical factors -- Relationship between distribution and abundance -- Problem of abundance: populations -- Population paraameters -- Demographic techniques: vital statistics -- Population growth -- Species interactions: competition -- Species interactions: predation -- Species interactions: herbivory and mutualism -- Species interactions: disease and parasitism -- Population regulation -- Applied problem I: harvesting populations -- Applied problems II: pest control -- Applied problems III: conservation biology -- Distribution and abundance at the community level -- Nature of the community -- Community change -- Community organization I: biodiversity -- Community organization II: predation and competition in equilibrial communities -- Community organization III: disturbance and nonequilibrium communities -- Ecosystem metabolism I: primary production -- Ecosystem metabolism II: secondary production -- Ecosytem metabolism III: nutrient cycles -- Ecosystem health: human impacts.
This best-selling majors ecology book continues to present ecology as a series of problems for readers to critically analyze. No other text presents analytical, quantitative, and statistical ecological information in an equally accessible style. Reflecting the way ecologists actually practice, the book emphasizes the role of experiments in testing ecological ideas and discusses many contemporary and controversial problems related to distribution and abundance. Throughout the book, Krebs thoroughly explains the application of mathematical concepts in ecology while reinforcing these concepts with research references, examples, and interesting end-of-chapter review questions.
English.
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Ecology.
Population biology.
Biogeography.
Ecology.
�Ecologie.
Biologie des populations.
Biog�eographie.
Biogeography.
Ecology.
Population biology.
Populationsbiologie
�Okologie
Ecologie.
Ecologia.
Ecologia de popula�c�oes.
Biogeografia.
Ecology. Population distribution. Population dynamics. Methodology.
SST.
QH541 / .K67 2001
577.8
Ecology : the experimental analysis of distribution and abundance / Charles J. Krebs. - 5th ed. - San Francisco : Benjamin Cummings, �2001. - xx, 695 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-663).
What is ecology? -- Introduction to the science of ecology -- Evolution and ecology -- Problem of distribution: populations -- Methods for analyzing distributions -- Factors the limit distributions: dispersal -- Factors that limit distributions: habitat selection -- Factors the limit distributions: interrelations with other species -- Factors the limit distributions: temperature, moisture, and other physical-chemical factors -- Relationship between distribution and abundance -- Problem of abundance: populations -- Population paraameters -- Demographic techniques: vital statistics -- Population growth -- Species interactions: competition -- Species interactions: predation -- Species interactions: herbivory and mutualism -- Species interactions: disease and parasitism -- Population regulation -- Applied problem I: harvesting populations -- Applied problems II: pest control -- Applied problems III: conservation biology -- Distribution and abundance at the community level -- Nature of the community -- Community change -- Community organization I: biodiversity -- Community organization II: predation and competition in equilibrial communities -- Community organization III: disturbance and nonequilibrium communities -- Ecosystem metabolism I: primary production -- Ecosystem metabolism II: secondary production -- Ecosytem metabolism III: nutrient cycles -- Ecosystem health: human impacts.
This best-selling majors ecology book continues to present ecology as a series of problems for readers to critically analyze. No other text presents analytical, quantitative, and statistical ecological information in an equally accessible style. Reflecting the way ecologists actually practice, the book emphasizes the role of experiments in testing ecological ideas and discusses many contemporary and controversial problems related to distribution and abundance. Throughout the book, Krebs thoroughly explains the application of mathematical concepts in ecology while reinforcing these concepts with research references, examples, and interesting end-of-chapter review questions.
English.
0321042891 9780321042897 0321068793 9780321068798 9780873711142 0873711149 0321058550 9780321058553
99808011949
00064356
GBA108715 bnb GBA1-08715 bA108715 GBA1-8715
000024012310 AU 0321042891 Uk
Ecology.
Population biology.
Biogeography.
Ecology.
�Ecologie.
Biologie des populations.
Biog�eographie.
Biogeography.
Ecology.
Population biology.
Populationsbiologie
�Okologie
Ecologie.
Ecologia.
Ecologia de popula�c�oes.
Biogeografia.
Ecology. Population distribution. Population dynamics. Methodology.
SST.
QH541 / .K67 2001
577.8