Advances in Ecological Research
Academic Press
Published on 25. April 1980
427 pages
978-0-08-056695-5 (ISBN)
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Advances in Ecological Research
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Amyan Macfadyen
Advances in Ecological Research: v. 11
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01/1980
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Content
- Front Cover
- Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 11
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume 11
- Preface
- Chapter 1. The Effects of Modern Agriculture, Nest Predation and Game Management on the Population Ecology of Partridges (Perdix perdix and Alectoris rufa)
- I. Introduction
- II. Study Areas and Sources of Data
- III. Basis of the Simulation Models
- IV. The Population Model
- V. Long-term Changes in Partridge Populations
- VI. Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 2. Studies on Grassland Leafhoppers (Auchenorrhyncha, Homoptera) and their Natural Enemies
- I. Introduction
- II. Bionomics and some Recent Faunistic Studies
- III. Methods Used in Sampling and Analyses of Field Populations
- IV. Behavioural Studies on Feeding
- V. Nutritional Status of the Host Plant and its Effect on Population Ecology
- VI. Studies on the Egg Stage
- VII. Mortality in the Nymphal Stages
- VIII. Studies on the Processes Causing Change in the Number of Adults
- IX. Potential Competition and Partitioning of Resources by Coexisting Species of Auchenorrhyncha
- X. General Considerations of Life History Strategies
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 3. Aerial Heavy Metal Pollution and Terrestrial Ecosystems
- I. Introduction
- II. Definitions and Terminology
- III. Ecological Significance of Aerial Heavy Metal Pollution
- IV. Problems of Measurement
- V. Entry of Heavy Metals into Ecosystems
- VI. Decomposition and Soil
- VII. Heavy Metals in Primary Producers
- VIII. Heavy Metals in Food Chains
- IX. Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 4. Theories Dealing with the Ecology of Landbirds on Islands
- I. Aims of the Review
- II. The Theories
- III. Towards a Synthesis
- IV. Suggestions for Future Studies
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 5. Industrial Melanism and the Urban Environment
- I. Introduction
- II. The Distribution of Melanism in Surface-resting Moths
- III. Melanism in Non-surface-resting Moths
- IV. Other Arthropods Exhibiting Melanism
- V. Urban Melanism in a Bird Species
- VI. Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Cumulative List of Titles
