Population Dynamics in Ecological Space and Time
Will be published approx. on 1. August 1996
Book
Hardback
396 pages
978-0-226-71057-0 (ISBN)
Description
As profound threats to ecosystems increase worldwide, ecologists must move beyond studying single communities at a single point in time. All of the dynamic, interconnected spatial and temporal processes that determine the distribution and abundance of species must be understood in order to develop new conservation and management strategies. This volume integrates mathematical and biological approaches to these topics. The editors include a wide variety of theoretical approaches and a broad range of field studies, with chapters written by experts in community ecology, ecological modelling, population genetics, and conservation biology. In addition to providing insights into well-known topics such as migration, the authors also introduce some less familiar subjects, including bacterial population genetics and ecotoxicology. For anyone interested in the study, management, and conservation of populations, this book should prove to be a useful resource.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 24 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
709 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-71057-0 (9780226710570)
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Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: Spatiotemporal Approaches in Ecology and Genetics: The Road Less Traveled by Olin E. Rhodes, Jr. and Eugene P. Odum. 1: Metapopulation Ecology Ilkka Hanski 2: Sources and Sinks: Empirical Evidence and Population Consequences H. Ronald Pulliam 3: Multistage Life Cycles Henry M. Wilbur 4: Overlapping Generations: The Storage Effect and the Maintenance of Biotic Diversity Nelson G. Hairston, Jr., Stephen Ellner, Colleen M. Kearns. 5: Sources of Variation in Migratory Movements of Animal Populations: Statistical Inference and a Selective Review of Empirical Results for Birds James D. Nichols 6: Consequences of Dispersal in Plants James L. Hamrick, John D. Nason. 7: Gene Conservation Ronald K. Chesser, Olin E. Rhodes, Jr., Michael H. Smith. 8: Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Bacterial Population Genetics J. Vaun McArthur 9: Toward the Incorporation of Spatiotemporal Dynamics into Ecotoxicology Raymond J. O'Connor 10: Landscape Processes and Their Significance to Biodiversity Conservation Larry D. Harris, Thomas S. Hoctor, Sarah E. Gergel. Synthesis: Science and the Singular Universe Ronald K. Chesser List of Contributors Index