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Evolutionary ecology / Eric R. Pianka.
- Title
- Evolutionary ecology / Eric R. Pianka.
- Author
- Pianka, Eric R.
- Publication
- San Francisco, Calif. : Benjamin Cummings, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QH541 .P5 2000 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 512 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This classic presents a unique evolutionary approach to ecology. The entire book has been improved, updated, and extensively reorganized and a new chapter has been added. The Sixth Edition reflects the extent to which humans now dominate ecosystems, with anthropogenic (human) effects interwoven into every chapter.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[431]-504) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Background -- History and biogeography -- Meteorology -- Climate and vegetation -- Resource acquisition and allocation -- Rules of inheritance -- Evolution and natural selection -- Vital statistics of populations -- Population growth and regulation -- Sociality -- Interactions between populations -- Competition -- The ecological niche -- Experimental ecology -- Predation and parasitism -- Phylogenetics in ecology -- Community and ecosystem ecology -- Biodiversity and community stability -- Island biogeography and conservation biology.
- ISBN
- 0321042883
- LCCN
- ^^^99048042^
- OCLC
- 42421017
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library