Population Ecology 3e: A Unified Study of Animals and Plants - Brossura

Begon, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0632034785 ISBN 13: 9780632034789

Casa editrice: Wiley-Blackwell, 1996

Riassunto

Worldwide, Population Ecology is the leading textbook on this titled subject. Written primarily for students, it describes the present state of population ecology in terms that can be readily understood by undergraduates with little or no background in the subject. Carefully chosen experimental examples illustrate each topic, and studies of plants and animals are combined to show how fundamental principles can be derived that apply to both species. Use of complex mathematics ia avoided throughout the book, and what math is necessary is dealt with by examination of real experimental data rather than dull theory.

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• The latest edition of this leading textbook.
  
• Adopted as an Open University set text.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Mike Begon was born in London in 1951 and a student at the University of Leeds. He has spent his whole scientific career at the University of Liverpool, where he is now Professor of Ecology, specializing in the population and community ecology of infectious diseases in wildlife.

Dalla quarta di copertina

This successful text examines the ecological processes that determine the size and structure of a population, and demonstrates that there are many fundamental principles that apply to populations of both animals and plants. The authors have sought to involve the text in areas where particular progress has been made and consolidated. The third edition therefore addresses the problem of the detection of chaos, buried sea-banks and herbivorey implants and looks more closely at the role of spatial scale in two-species interactions. It also introduces a major new section on the concept of the meta-population. The book is designed to be readily understood by undergraduates with little or no previous knowledge of the subject, and also to stimulate wider debate and discussion.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Wiley-Blackwell
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0632034785
• ISBN 13: 9780632034789
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile