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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Examines the ecological processes that determine the size and structure of a population! and demonstrates that there are various fundamental principles that apply to populations of both animals and plants. This text addresses the problem of the detection of chaos! buried sea-banks and herbivorey implants. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Part 1: Single-Species Populations. 1. Describing Populations. 2. Intraspecific Competition. 3. Models of Single-Species Populations. Part 2: Interpecific Interactions. 4. Interspecific Competition. 5. Predation. Part 3: Synthesis. 6. Population Regulation. 7. Beyond Population Ecology. References. Author Index. Organism Index. Subject Index.
