Theoretical ecology : principles and applications
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Robert M May; Angela R McLean
- ناشر : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9780199209989
Description
Introduction / Angela R. McLean and Robert M. May -- How population cohere: five rules for cooperation / Martin A. Nowak and Karl Sigmund -- Single-species dynamics / Tim Coulson and H. Charles J. Godfray -- Metapopulations and their spatial dynamics / Sean Nee -- Predator-prey interactions / Michael B. Bonsall and Michael O. Hassell -- Plant population dynamics / Michael J. Crawley -- Interspecific competition and multispecies coexistence / David Tilman -- Diversity and stability in ecological communities / Anthony R. Ives -- Communities: patterns / Robert M. May, Michael J. Crawley, and George Sugihara -- Dynamics of infectious disease / Bryan Grenfell and Matthew Keeling -- Fisheries / John r. Beddington and Geoffrey P. Kirkwood -- A doubly Green Revolution: ecology and food production / Gordon Conway -- Conservation biology: unsolved problems and their policy implications / Andy Dobson, Will R. Turner, and David S. Wilcove -- Climate change and conservation biology / Jeremy T. Kerr and Heather M. Kharouba -- Unanswered questions and why they matter / Robert M. May.
The third edition of May's influential text will first provide a comprehensive overview of the basic principles that underpin the structure, function and dynamics of individual populations and communities, whilst later chapters will then deal with applications
