Author: Peter Greig-Smith
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Keywords: ecology, studies, plant, quantitative
Number of Pages: 359
Published: 1984-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0520050800
ISBN-13: 9780520050808
Author: Klaus Rohde
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: ecology, conservation, biodiversity, nonequilibrium
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2006-02-20
List price: $158.00
ISBN-10: 0521854342
ISBN-13: 9780521854344
Ecology has long been shaped by ideas that stress the sharing of resources and the competition for those resources, and by the assumption that populations and communities typically exist under equilibrium conditions in habitats saturated with both individuals and species. However, much evidence contradicts these assumptions and it is likely that nonequilibrium is much more widespread than might be expected. This book is unique in focusing on nonequilibrium aspects of ecology, providing evidence for nonequilibrium and equilibrium in populations (and metapopulations), in extant communities and i
Author: K. H. Ma
Publisher: University of California Pre
Keywords: ecology, studies, vol, approach, systems, coastal, waters
Number of Pages: 322
Published: 1982-06-22
List price: $22.50
ISBN-10: 0520047346
ISBN-13: 9780520047341
Author: C. S. Reynold
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: ecology, studies, cambridge, phytoplankton, freshwater
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 1984-04-27
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0521282225
ISBN-13: 9780521282222
This book deals with the lifestyles of phytoplankton, the microscopic plant life living in the open waters of lakes, ponds and rivers and makes frequent references to the phytoplankton of the sea. It reviews adaptations required of organisms to live their lives independently of solid surfaces and the different ways that these have been achieved. Chapters dealing with particular topics are arranged in approximately the order in which they become a problem to the organism: How can it stay up in the water? Can it gain sufficient light and nutrients? How fast can it grow under different conditions
Author: Walter K. Dodd
Publisher: Academic Pre
Keywords: ecology, aquatic, applications, concepts, freshwater, environmental
Number of Pages: 569
Published: 2002-03-19
List price: $107.00
ISBN-10: 0122191358
ISBN-13: 9780122191350
This book is a general text covering both basic and applied aspects of freshwater ecology and serves as an introduction to the study of lakes and streams. Issues of spatial and temporal scale, anthropogenic impacts, and application of current ecological concepts are covered along with ideas that are presented in more traditional limnological texts. Chapters on biodiversity, toxic chemicals, extreme and unusual habitats, and fisheries increase the breadth of material covered. The book includes an extensive glossary, questions for thought, worked examples of equations, and real-life problems. Ke
Author: Paul A. Keddy
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: ecology, studies, cambridge, principles, wetland, conservation
Number of Pages: 632
Published: 2000-10-23
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0521783674
ISBN-13: 9780521783675
Wetlands are among the most productive and biologically diverse ecosystems on earth. Their very diversity has produced a fragmented area of study where each wetland type is considered in isolation. This work provides a synthesis of the existing field of wetland ecology using such central themes as basic characteristics of wetlands, key environmental factors that produce wetland community types, and some unifying problems such as assembly rules, restoration, and conservation. The volume draws on a complete range of wetland habitats and geographic regions including Californian vernal pools, Amaz
Author: A. Danilki
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: ecology, wildlife, behaviour, series, deer, roe, siberian, european, behavioural
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 1995-12-31
List price: $184.00
ISBN-10: 0412638800
ISBN-13: 9780412638800
This book, the second in Chapman & Hall’s Wildlife, Ecology and Behaviour Series, focuses on studies of both European and Siberian roe deer to provide an authoritative insight into the taxonomy, ecology, feeding patterns, social behaviour and population dynamics. It uses this information to tackle the fascinating question of what environmental factors underly ranging patterns and trigger migratory behaviour in some populations but not in others, adding new perspectives and depths to our understanding of general issues in behavioural ecology.
