the experimental analysis of distribution and abundance Krebs, Charles J. creator text bibliography cau San Francisco Benjamin Cummings �2001 2001 5th ed. monographic eng

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xx, 695 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm 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. 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. Charles J. Krebs. Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-663). English. 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. QH541 .K67 2001 577.8 42.90 WC 5300 WI 1000 WI 2100 BIO 724f BIO 130f BIO 420f BIO 720f 0321042891 9780321042897 0321068793 9780321068798 9780873711142 0873711149 0321058550 9780321058553 00064356 DLC 000823 20210625074209.0 4574925 eng