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Ecology : from individuals to ecosystems /
- Title
- Ecology : from individuals to ecosystems / Michael Begon, Colin R. Townsend, John L. Harper.
- Author
- Begon, Michael.
- Publication
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
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- Description
- xii, 738 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 27 cm.
- Subject
- Ecology
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [659]-700) and index.
- Contents
- Organisms in their environments: the evolutionary backdrop -- Conditions -- Resources -- Life, death and life histories -- Intraspecific competition -- Dispersal, dormancy and metapopulations -- Ecological applications at the level of organisms and single-species populations: restoration, biosecurity and conservation -- Interspecific competition -- The nature of predation -- The population dynamics of predation -- Decomposers and detritivores -- Parasitism and disease -- Symbiosis and mutualism -- Abundance -- Ecological applications at the level of population interactions: pest control and harvest management -- The nature of the community: patterns in space and time -- The flux of energy through ecosystems -- The flux of matter through ecosystems -- The influence of population interactions on community structure -- Food webs -- Patterns in species richness -- Ecological applications at the level of communities and ecosystems: management based on the theory of succession, food webs, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.
- ISBN
- 1405111178 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005004136
- 9781405111171
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library