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Ecology : the experimental analysis of distribution and abundance / Charles J. Krebs.

By: Krebs, Charles JMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco : Benjamin Cummings, �2001Edition: 5th edDescription: xx, 695 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0321042891; 9780321042897; 0321068793; 9780321068798; 9780873711142; 0873711149; 0321058550; 9780321058553Subject(s): 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 | SSTDDC classification: 577.8 LOC classification: QH541 | .K67 2001Other classification: 42.90 | WC 5300 | WI 1000 | WI 2100 | BIO 724f | BIO 130f | BIO 420f | BIO 720f
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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