From Individual Behaviour to Population Ecology

Sutherland, William J.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0198549105 ISBN 13: 9780198549109

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 1997

Population dynamics and animal behaviour are two subjects which have developed almost independently, despite widespread acceptance of the idea that they must be related. This book provides a novel framework for combining these two subjects and then shows how to consider a range of conservation issues. It is aimed at students and researchers in animal behaviour, population ecology, and conservation biology.

Recensione:

an accessible and stimulating account of an important topic, and shows that the approach can work ... It deserves to be widely rerad. (Alasdair Houston, University of Bristol, TREE vol. 12, no. 3 March 1997)

The chapters of the book are arranged in a very logical fashion, moving from one subject to the next in a natural progression. ... Readers will be pleased to find the text both readable and informative. ... this is a fine example of a book that will be useful to a range of readers whether they be undergraduates, postgraduates or researchers in various fields. Well written, clear and informative, this is really the way all such books should be presented. (Journal of Animal Ecology, 66, 602-605)

Contenuti:

• Introduction
• 1: Interference
• 2: Depletion
• 3: Prey availability
• 4: Prey populations
• 5: Territories
• 6: Mating systems and reproductive success
• 7: Population regulation
• 8: Migration
• 9: Applied problems
• 10: Habitat loss
• 11: Predator avoidance and human disturbance
• 12: Modelling techniques
• Summary
• References
• Author index
• Subject index