Ecology of Populations

Informationen zum Autor Esa Ranta is Professor in Animal Ecology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Klappentext This book deals with basic population processes - births, deaths, emigration and immigration - and puts them in an explicit spatial context. We can thus show how a number of fundamental problems about the abundance and distribution of organisms can be addressed. We also show how environmental variability may change the interpretation of population and community data. The main purpose of the book is therefore to bring together analytical population dynamics, random processes and community structure into a common framework. Zusammenfassung This book deals with basic spatial population processes! detailing how a number of fundamental problems relating to the abundance and distribution of organisms can be addressed! for example the effect of environmental variability. It aims to bring together analytical population dynamics! random processes and community structure into a common framework. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Population renewal; 3. Population dynamics in space - the first step; 4. Synchronicity; 5. Order- disorder in space and time; 6. Structured populations; 7. Biodiversity and community structure; 8. Habitat loss; 9. Harvesting and management; 10. Resource matching; 11. Spatial games; 12. Evolutionary and population dynamics; 13. Epilogue.

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• Authors: Veijo Kaitala, Veijo (University of Jyvaskyla Kaitala, Per Lundberg, Per (Lunds Universitet Lundberg, Esa Ranta, Esa (University of Helsinki) Ranta, Esa (University of Helsinki) Lundberg Ranta, Esa Kaitala Ranta
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.02.2005
• EAN: 9780521670333
• ISBN: 978-0-521-67033-3
• No. of pages: 388
• Series: Ecology, Biodiversity and Cons; Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology