Advances in Ecological Research
Academic Press
Published on 29. November 1974
417 pages
978-0-08-056692-4 (ISBN)
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Advances in Ecological Research
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Amyan Macfadyen
Advances in Ecological Research: v. 8
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01/1971
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Content
- Front Cover
- Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 8
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume 8
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Human Ecology as an Interdisciplinary Concept: A Critical Inquiry
- I. Introduction
- II. Seminal Work in Human Ecology: The Development of a "Multi-disciplinary" Concept
- III. The Present Situation in Human Ecology
- IV. Toward an Ecological Anlage: Some Commonalities
- V. Changes Suggested for Further Clarification of the Concept
- VI. Summary and Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 2. Studies on the Cereal Ecosystem
- I. Introduction
- II. The Study Area
- III. Changes in Ecological Diversity
- IV. The Invertebrate Fauna of Cereals
- V. Partridges
- VI. Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 3. Realistic Models in Population Ecology
- Preface
- I. Introduction
- II. Total Population Models
- III. Age-specific Models
- IV. Single Species Age-Size Specific Models
- V. Species Interactions
- VI. Critical Variable Formulation
- VII. Application of Age-Size Specific Models
- VIII. Other Applications
- IX. Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Appendix A-Calculations for the Birth Example of Section IVB3
- Appendix B-Extensions of the Age-Size Specific Model
- Appendix C-The Critical Variable Equations
- Chapter 4. Population Cycles in Small Mammals
- I. Introduction
- II. Historical Perspective
- III. Definition of the Problem
- IV. Population Density Changes
- V. Demographic Machinery
- VI. Hypotheses to Explain Microtine Cycles
- VII. Evolution of Microtine Cycles
- VIII. Summary
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Advances in Ecological Research, Volumes 1-7: Cumulative Index of Titles
