Population Ecology (eBook)

A Unified Study of Animals and Plants

Michael Begon, Martin Mortimer, David J. Thompson (Autoren)

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2009 | 3. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-1375-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Worldwide, Population Ecology is the leading textbook on this titled subject. Written primarily for students, it describes the present state of population ecology in terms that can be readily understood by undergraduates with little or no background in the subject. Carefully chosen experimental examples illustrate each topic, and studies of plants and animals are combined to show how fundamental principles can be derived that apply to both species. Use of complex mathematics ia avoided throughout the book, and what math is necessary is dealt with by examination of real experimental data rather than dull theory. The latest edition of this leading textbook. Adopted as an Open University set text.

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.

Inhalt

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.

Rezensionen

On the second edition.

'To those familiar with the first addition of Begon &
Mortimer's short text on population ecology, it will come as
no surprise to learn that the second addition, like the first
addition, is a gem. What may surprise is that the second addition
represents a significant improvement of what was already an
excellent textbook...It is difficult to criticize a book that
has achieved such admirable balance between empiricism vs. theory
and unitary vs. modular organisms, all within a compact,
inexpensive volume.' Ecology

'I doubt that there are many texts that portray the whole
field of population ecology as successfully or concisely as does
this book. It can be warmly recommended' Australian
Journal of Ecology

'A zoologist and botanist have made an extremely well
coordinated effort in presenting the population ecology of both
animals and plants under one title. This textbook reads so smoothly
that the reader soon forgets that it was written by two authors
instead of one. The concise writing style and liberal use of
graphs, tables, and diagrams make this textbook pleasurable to read
and easy to understand. This book is accessible reading to anyone
interested in population ecology.' Canadian Field-
Naturalist

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Ökologie / Populationen u. Lebensgemeinschaften • Areas • Authors • Biowissenschaften • Chaos • closely • detection • Ecological • Edition • fundamental • Life Sciences • many • Ökologie / Populationen u. Lebensgemeinschaften • particular • Population • Population & Community Ecology • Populations • Principles • Problem • processes • Progress • Role • scale • seabanks • sought • Spatial • Structure • Text • Third • twospecies
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-1375-4 / 1444313754
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-1375-8 / 9781444313758