| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / Angela R. McLean and Robert M. May -- How population cohere: five rules for cooperation / Martin A. Nowak and Karl Sigmund -- Single-species dynamics / Tim Coulson and H. Charles J. Godfray -- Metapopulations and their spatial dynamics / Sean Nee -- Predator-prey interactions / Michael B. Bonsall and Michael O. Hassell -- Plant population dynamics / Michael J. Crawley -- Interspecific competition and multispecies coexistence / David Tilman -- Diversity and stability in ecological communities / Anthony R. Ives -- Communities: patterns / Robert M. May, Michael J. Crawley, and George Sugihara -- Dynamics of infectious disease / Bryan Grenfell and Matthew Keeling -- Fisheries / John r. Beddington and Geoffrey P. Kirkwood -- A doubly Green Revolution: ecology and food production / Gordon Conway -- Conservation biology: unsolved problems and their policy implications / Andy Dobson, Will R. Turner, and David S. Wilcove -- Climate change and conservation biology / Jeremy T. Kerr and Heather M. Kharouba -- Unanswered questions and why they matter / Robert M. May |
| Summary |
The third edition of May's influential text will first provide a comprehensive overview of the basic principles that underpin the structure, function and dynamics of individual populations and communities, whilst later chapters will then deal with applications |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-248) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Description based on online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on May 16 2024) |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Ecology.
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Ecology -- Mathematical models.
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Electronic books.
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Ecology
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ecology.
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e-books.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Ecology -- Mathematical models
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Ecology
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Ökologie
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Ökosystem
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écologie -- manuel.
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
May, Robert M. (Robert McCredie), 1936-2020, editor
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McLean, Angela R., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191526190 |
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0191526193 |
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9781429470537 |
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1429470534 |
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